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Sen. Pete Ricketts

Senator for Nebraska

Ricketts is the junior senator from Nebraska and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 23, 2023. Ricketts was appointed to the Senate to fill a vacancy and is up for reelection in a special election in 2024. He is 59 years old.

Photo of Sen. Pete Ricketts [R-NE]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ricketts is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Ricketts has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Jul 11, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Pete Ricketts sits on the following committees:

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Ricketts sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Agriculture and Food (21%) International Affairs (21%) Energy (14%) Taxation (14%) Immigration (14%) Government Operations and Politics (14%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Ricketts recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Ricketts voted Yea

Conference Report Agreed to 87/13 on Dec 13, 2023.

Ricketts voted Nay

Bill Defeated 43/53 on Nov 1, 2023.

Missed Votes

From Feb 2023 to Jul 2024, Ricketts missed 21 of 554 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: