- OFFICE
- Senate
- STATE
- Nebraska
- PARTY
- REPUBLICAN PARTY
- STATUS
- Incumbent
- ELECTION
- 2026-11-03
The record (5)
FEC-recorded money between Second Amendment committees and this candidate, and recorded floor votes on gun bills, each with its official source. Community sentiment below never moves this grade.
- 2026-07-09PRORecorded money Accepted $2,500 from NRA Political Victory FundFEC Schedule B, committee C00053553, transaction SB23.59, 2026 cycle.
- 2026-06-16PRORecorded money Accepted $5,000 from NSSF PACFEC Schedule B, committee C00480863, transaction D7BCA6009AB240D144E, 2026 cycle.
- 2026-05-27PRORecorded money Accepted $2,500 from NRA Political Victory FundFEC Schedule B, committee C00053553, transaction SB23.21, 2026 cycle.
- 2024-10-22PROSponsorship NRA Political Victory Fund spent $5,101 supporting this candidateFEC Schedule E, committee C00053553, transaction SE.8, 2024 cycle.
- 2024-10-22PROSponsorship NRA Political Victory Fund spent $283 supporting this candidateFEC Schedule E, committee C00053553, transaction SE.7, 2024 cycle.
Contact Pete Ricketts
- WASHINGTON, D.C. · 139 Russell Senate Office Building · Washington, DC · 20510
- CAMPAIGN · 4111 4th Ave., Suite 26 · Kearney, NE · 68845
- CAMPAIGN · 1248 O St., Suite 1000 · Lincoln, NE · 68508
- CAMPAIGN · 304 N. 168th Circle, Suite 213 · Omaha, NE · 68118
- CAMPAIGN · 115 Railway St., Suite C102 · Scottsbluff, NE · 69361
Interest-group scorecards (2)
How advocacy groups on both sides score this candidate, reprinted as published. These are the groups’ judgments, not ours, and they never enter the grade above.
About this group
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue.
The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.
2 earlier ratings
- 202492%
- 201892%
About this group
The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is NRA's political action committee. The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates - irrespective of party affiliation - based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire. NRA relies on a very simple premise: when provided with the facts, the nation's elected officials will recognize that "gun control" schemes are an infringement on the Second Amendment and a proven failure in fighting crime. The importance of this premise lies in the knowledge that, as one U.S. Congressman put it: "The gun lobby is people."
The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.
Background
- MBA, University of Chicago, 1991
- AB, University of Chicago, 1986
- Union Pacific Railroad, 1991-1992
- Former Senior Vice President, Product Development, Ameritrade Holding Corporation
- Former President, Ameritrade Holding Corporation
+9 more
- Woodward Clyde Concultants, 1992-1993
- Director, Chicago Cubs, 2009-2015
- Former Senior Vice President, Marketing, Ameritrade Holding Corporation
- Founder, Drakon, Limited Liability Company
- Former Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Ameritrade Holding Corporation
- Lexecon Incorporated, 1987-1989
- Founder/President, Platte Institute for Economic Research, 2007-2013
- Board of Directors, Ameritrade Holding Corporation, 2005-2006
- Chief Operating Officer, Ameritrade Holding Corporation, 1993-2005
- Governor, State of Nebraska, 2015-2023
- Candidate, United States Senate, Nebraska, 2006
- Candidate, Governor of Nebraska, 2018
+3 more
- Senator, United States Senate, Nebraska, 2023-present
- Candidate, United States Senate, Nebraska, 2024
- Candidate, United States Senate, Nebraska, 2026
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