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Pete Ricketts

Republican candidate · 2026 general election · Nebraska

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Pete Ricketts

Republican

Currently serving in the U.S. Senate.

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Jun 30, 2026. Covering the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Every stored cycle for Pete Ricketts is on their legislator profile →

The 2026 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$11,233,507
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$2,224,230
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$1,639,815
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$4,809,506
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$6,910,970
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $11,233,507 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2026 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$2,224,23019.8%
PAC and other committee contributions$1,639,81514.6%
Party committee contributions$62,0000.6%
Candidate self-funding$5,295,88847.1%
Loans$00.0%
Other receipts, including transfers$2,011,57417.9%
Total receipts$11,233,507100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Jun 30, 2026 for the 2026 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2026 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$6,910,970
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$0
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$21,655
Contributions refunded to committees$51,250
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$1,931,745
Transfers made to other authorized committees$0
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$9,149,027Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$72,905Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00832436, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 12P 2026 reported and what Q2 2026 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 12P 2026 reported through Apr 22, 2026 and Q2 2026 through Jun 30, 2026.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00832436
Measure12P 2026Reported through Apr 22, 2026Q2 2026Reported through Jun 30, 2026Change
Cash on hand at period end$1,072,535$6,910,970Up $5,838,435
Debts owed by the committee$0$0No change
Contribution refunds in the period$0$4,260Up $4,260

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $6,910,970 set beside the $528,422 this campaign spent during Q2 2026, through Jun 30, 2026, which is 13.1 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Pete Ricketts. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$769,292
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

Spent opposing

$782,111
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

What the money was spent on

These categories divide $4,724,872 of itemized spending across 897 transactions, through Jun 30, 2026. That subtotal covers the FEC's published operating-expenditure records, which do not include transfers, loan repayments, refunds, or contributions the campaign made, and is 98.2% of the $4,809,506 in total disbursements reported for the 2026 cycle. Every share below is a share of that subtotal and never of total spending. Purposes were classified under taxonomy spend-1.3.

The difference between that subtotal and total disbursements is spending reported without itemization, which cannot be categorized.

Itemized spending by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Advertising and media $2,270,42548.1%30
Administration, salary, and overhead $654,15213.8%485
Fundraising and solicitation $651,83313.8%60
Legal, accounting, and compliance $250,6855.3%35
Consulting, type not specified $221,4224.7%20
Polling and research $187,1124.0%9
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported purpose could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $148,6743.1%82
Travel $110,1512.3%80
Events $104,6702.2%23
Technology and digital services $103,2552.2%60
Campaign materials $22,4920.5%13
Classified$4,576,19896.9%
Unclassified filing descriptions$148,6743.1%
Itemized spending categorized here$4,724,872100%897

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 260 shown $1,414,653 total · $102,000 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1NRSC C00027466$62,0004.4%1Aug 27, 2025
2NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC) C00003764$10,0000.7%2Jun 26, 2026
3NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC) C00010082$10,0000.7%4Apr 29, 2026
4ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC) C00010421$10,0000.7%2May 28, 2026
5UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) C00012245$10,0000.7%2Apr 13, 2026
Show the complete list of 260 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Pete Ricketts

All 3 shown $769,292 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1FELLOWSHIP PAC C00915181$350,00045.5%1Apr 9, 2026
2DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC C00928390$262,62534.1%3Feb 13, 2026
3SLF PAC C00571703$156,66720.4%2Mar 31, 2026

Opposing Pete Ricketts

1 organization shown $782,111 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending opposing this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1WORKING CLASS MAJORITY PAC, INC C00954503$782,111100.0%23Aug 21, 2026

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Pete Ricketts and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Pete Ricketts

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Advertising, medium not specified Reported as a media buy or as advertising, with no medium named. $350,00045.5%1
Broadcast, cable, and radio advertising $262,62534.1%3
Digital and online advertising $156,66720.4%2
Classified$769,292100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$00.0%
Total independent spending$769,292100%6

Opposing Pete Ricketts

Independent spending opposing this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Broadcast, cable, and radio advertising $585,44374.9%8
Digital and online advertising $196,66825.1%15
Classified$782,111100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$00.0%
Total independent spending$782,111100%23

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2026 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Pete Ricketts

Committees itemized $1,414,653 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Corporate PACs $558,70039.5%117193
Leadership PACs $307,75021.8%3966
Trade association PACs $245,50017.4%5094
Non-connected committees $113,3588.0%2433
Membership organization PACs $79,3455.6%1759
Other candidates' committees $64,0004.5%22
Labor union PACs $17,0001.2%45
Cooperative PACs $16,5001.2%58
Corporations without capital stock $12,5000.9%24
Itemized total for this direction$1,414,653

Spent supporting Pete Ricketts

Committees itemized $769,292 in independent spending supporting Pete Ricketts.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $769,292100.0%36
Itemized total for this direction$769,292

Spent opposing Pete Ricketts

Committees itemized $782,111 in independent spending opposing Pete Ricketts.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $782,111100.0%123
Itemized total for this direction$782,111

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Pete Ricketts

Committees itemized $1,414,653 in contributions to this campaign. $371,750 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $1,042,903, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $747,700 and committees not yet categorized account for $295,203.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate $111,00010.6%2238
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate $81,5007.8%1428
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $78,5007.5%1731
Agribusiness Agriculture $67,0006.4%1628
Food and beverage Agriculture $53,5005.1%718
Technology Communications and technology $42,5004.1%713
Pharmaceuticals Health $39,0003.7%710
Construction Construction $27,0002.6%58
Automotive Transportation $25,0002.4%48
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $25,0002.4%68
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources $23,5002.3%47
Defense Defense $21,7002.1%48
Health insurance Health $20,0001.9%34
Trucking Transportation $17,5001.7%35
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $17,0001.6%49
Mining Energy and natural resources $15,0001.4%24
Accounting Professional services $10,0001.0%13
Building trades unions Labor $10,0001.0%12
Renewable energy Energy and natural resources $8,5000.8%33
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $8,0000.8%22
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $7,5000.7%22
Telecommunications Communications and technology $7,5000.7%23
Air transport Transportation $7,0000.7%34
Hospitals and nursing homes Health $5,0000.5%12
Nurses and nursing specialties Health $5,0000.5%12
Physicians and medical specialties Health $5,0000.5%11
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue $5,0000.5%12
Public sector unions Labor $2,5000.2%11
Transportation unions Labor $2,0000.2%11
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $371,750Not applicable4168
Committees not yet categorized $295,20328.3%74141
Base the shares are taken over$1,042,903100%
Itemized total for this direction$1,414,653

Spent supporting Pete Ricketts

Committees itemized $769,292 in independent spending supporting Pete Ricketts. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $769,292 and committees not yet categorized account for $0.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue $419,29254.5%25
Cryptocurrency and blockchain Finance, insurance, and real estate $350,00045.5%11
Base the shares are taken over$769,292100%
Itemized total for this direction$769,292

Spent opposing Pete Ricketts

Committees itemized $782,111 in independent spending opposing Pete Ricketts. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $0 and committees not yet categorized account for $782,111.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Committees not yet categorized $782,111100.0%123
Base the shares are taken over$782,111100%
Itemized total for this direction$782,111

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

No Form 6 notices were found for the 2026 cycle. Notices are only required in the 20 days before an election, so none is the usual state outside that window.

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $2,000,921 of the $4,155,975 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 2,107 itemized contributions.

From Nebraska

$616,745
30.8% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$1,384,176
69.2% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside Nebraska is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2026 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$1,980,9212,10399.0%
United States territoriesPuerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.$20,00041.0%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 48 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • Nebraska this campaign's state $616,745
  • Texas $147,837
  • New York $145,607
  • Virginia $102,342
  • Michigan $95,550
  • California $83,196
  • Florida $76,800
  • Connecticut $70,631
  • Illinois $69,571
  • Arizona $68,304
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2026 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
Nebraska this campaign's state$616,74542830.8%
Texas$147,8371857.4%
New York$145,607677.3%
Virginia$102,342845.1%
Michigan$95,550474.8%
California$83,1962364.2%
Florida$76,8001713.8%
Connecticut$70,631433.5%
Illinois$69,571863.5%
Arizona$68,304703.4%
District of Columbia$64,300533.2%
Missouri$45,000182.2%
Tennessee$38,0301101.9%
South Dakota$36,650151.8%
Nevada$32,50091.6%
Wyoming$27,000111.3%
North Carolina$24,410471.2%
Colorado$22,920121.1%
Puerto Rico$20,00041.0%
Maryland$16,701190.8%
New Jersey$14,763470.7%
Pennsylvania$14,563380.7%
Ohio$14,416220.7%
Oregon$14,00040.7%
Washington$12,607200.6%
Indiana$12,000120.6%
Arkansas$11,50050.6%
Oklahoma$11,30060.6%
Georgia$10,135900.5%
Minnesota$9,793160.5%
South Carolina$8,936360.4%
Kansas$8,331110.4%
Massachusetts$7,55030.4%
Wisconsin$7,24720.4%
Iowa$7,00040.3%
New Hampshire$7,00030.3%
New Mexico$7,00020.3%
Delaware$4,00060.2%
Alabama$3,650150.2%
Utah$2,60080.1%
Kentucky$2,00040.1%
Mississippi$2,00020.1%
Louisiana$1,568280.1%
Idaho$1,01540.1%
West Virginia$1,0001<0.1%
Vermont$5001<0.1%
Montana$2531<0.1%
Hawaii$1001<0.1%
Reported with a place$2,000,9212,107100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle: 410 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle, out of 419 on file. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $11,233,507
  • Cohort median $216,860
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$11,233,507
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$17,760
Median$216,860
75th percentile$2,269,114
Highest in the cohort$77,279,766
Campaigns counted410

385 of the 410 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 94th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 14.6%
  • Cohort median 0.4%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign14.6%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile0.0%
Median0.4%
75th percentile7.0%
Highest in the cohort88.0%
Campaigns counted384

322 of the 384 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 84th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $6,910,970
  • Cohort median $14,751
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$6,910,970
Lowest in the cohort-$16,841
25th percentile$356
Median$14,751
75th percentile$1,192,514
Highest in the cohort$42,587,451
Campaigns counted410

386 of the 410 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 94th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $769,292
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$769,292
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$33,915,827
Campaigns counted410

370 of the 410 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 90th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $782,111
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. Senate campaigns nationwide, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$782,111
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$25,490,183
Campaigns counted410

372 of the 410 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 91th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

  • 9 of the 419 campaigns on file for this cohort have no complete record for the cycle and are not counted in any figure here.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.