<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0WuKVd_1GkREULv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0WuKVd_1GkREULv00" width="1763" height="1175" ><figcaption>U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts speaks at a campaign rally in Pinnacle Bank Expo Center at Fonner Park on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Grand Island. Photo by Jackson Ingvoldstad</figcaption></figure>Republican incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts has been reelected.Ricketts leads nonpartisan challenger Dan Osborn by six points as of 2:30 a.m. in the race for one of Nebraska’s seats in the U.S. Senate.Ricketts and Osborn were seen as the frontrunners in a five-way race. Others running included Chuck Conboy, America First Party Nebraska; Mike Marvin, Legal Marijuana Now Party; and Robin Richards, Nebraska Working People Party.Ricketts has served in the Senate since 2023 and previously served as Nebraska governor from 2015 to 2023. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of Ameritrade.Osborn is a former union leader who worked at the Kellogg’s plant in Omaha for 20 years, where he led a 77-day nationwide strike against the company in 2021. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the Nebraska National Guard. He ran for U.S. Senate in 2024 against Sen. Deb Fischer and lost by six points.Conboy is an account manager at ProSource Wholesale from Papillion.Marvin is a former executive director of the Nebraska Association of Public Employees, the state’s largest union for state employees. Marvin suspended his campaign in August but remains on the ballot.Richards is the executive director of Little Bird Consulting and serves on the Ralston Public Schools Board of Education. Currently, she serves as the chair of the Nebraska Working People Party.Democrats did not put forward another candidate after candidate Cindy Burbank withdrew from the race in July 2026.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=49PlsS_1GkREULv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=49PlsS_1GkREULv00" width="1763" height="1175" ></figure></div></body>

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Republican incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts has been reelected. Ricketts leads nonpartisan challenger Dan Osborn by six points as of 2:30 a.m. in the race for one of Nebraska’s seats in the U.S. Senate. Ricketts and Osborn were seen as the frontrunners in a five-way race. Others running included Chuck...

Republican Pete Ricketts reelected for U.S. Senate

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Republican incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts has been reelected. Ricketts leads nonpartisan challenger Dan Osborn by six points as of 2:30 a.m. in the race for 

Republican Pete Ricketts reelected for U.S. Senate

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