Member of Congress · 119th Congress
Pete Ricketts
Pete Ricketts is a Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska, in Congress since 2023, who voted with most Republicans on 100% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 1 bill become law since 2023.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn the Nomination — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Nomination Confirmed
- YeaOn the Cloture Motion — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Cloture Motion Agreed to
- YeaOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- YeaOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Stop Insider Trading ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- NayOn the Motion to Discharge — A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Sep 29, 2026 · Motion to Discharge Rejected
5 most recent bills
- S.Res. 866 A resolution supporting the designation of October 2026 as "Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month" to raise awareness of substance use and misuse in the…Sep 30, 2026 · Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5299)
- S. 5459 Agricultural Data Privacy Act of 2026Sep 23, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- S. 5293 PREPARE ActSep 16, 2026 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
- S. 5316 BINSA ActAug 6, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S. 5245 Karly Rain Wood ActAug 5, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 28 (119th) A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for…Became law
- S. 1744 (119th) PORCUPINE ActPassed a chamber
- S. 3577 (118th) A bill to designate the Federal building located at 300 E. 3rd Street in North Platte, Nebraska, as the "Virginia Smith Federal Building", and for other…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 747 (119th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as "Renewable Fuels Month" to recognize the important role that renewable fuels play in…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 711 (119th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as "National Beef Month" to recognize the important role cattle play in the United States, and…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 655 (119th) A resolution expressing support for the annual designation of the first Saturday after the Spring Equinox as "National Day of Play".Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 97 (119th) A resolution honoring the life of Nebraska community leader Howard L. Hawks.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 928 (118th) A resolution honoring the life of Nebraska community leader John Edmund Gottschalk.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsSubcommittee on Economic Policy, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksSubcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsSubcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
- Senate Committee on the BudgetNo subcommittees
Elections Sen. Ricketts has won
Sen. Ricketts has won 1 U.S. Senate election (2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 25.2 to 25.2 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Nebraska done while Sen. Ricketts served?
2023 to 2024 in Nebraska: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 0.7 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Nebraska during Ricketts’s time representing it (2023 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Nebraska’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- Omaha office304 N. 168th Circle, Suite 213, Omaha, NE 68118
Phone 402-550-8040 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Lincoln office1248 ‘O’ St., Suite 1000, Lincoln, NE 68508
Phone 402-476-1400 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Kearney office4111 4th Ave., Suite 26, Kearney, NE 68845
Phone 308-233-3677 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Scottsbluff office115 Railway St., Suite C102, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Phone 308-632-6032 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries R000618-omaha, R000618-lincoln, R000618-kearney, R000618-scottsbluff (4 offices)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, www.ricketts.senate.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 67 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 67 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 25, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 25, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Votes on civilian nominations
237 confirmation roll calls this senator was on the roll for, 119th Congress. A tally of what the record shows, not a score.
- Yea · September 30, 2026 · Keith Sonderling Secretary of Labor
- Yea · September 23, 2026 · Angela Veronica Colmenero United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
- Yea · September 17, 2026 · Kasdin Miller Mitchell United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
- Yea · September 15, 2026 · Matthew R. Byrne United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
- Yea · August 8, 2026 · Todd Blanche Attorney General
- Yea · August 7, 2026 · Michael Kavoukjian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway
- Yea · August 5, 2026 · Erica Schwartz Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Yea · July 28, 2026 · Walter Clayton Director of National Intelligence
Evidence
- What is counted
- Senate roll calls in the 119th Congress on the question of confirming a civilian nomination, as recorded on senate.gov. Cloture and procedural votes are not counted.
- How it is matched
- The vote record names the nomination number; the senator is matched by the Senate member id.
- Not voting
- Includes absences and any other reason. The record does not say why.
589 of the 617 confirmed civilian nominations show a roll-call vote on their latest-action line; the rest show a voice vote, unanimous consent or another method, with no individual votes. So this is only the roll-call subset. It says nothing about whether any vote was right or wrong.
Data as of Oct 25, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded Senate vote Sep 30, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.