Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. Senate · Nebraska

5 candidates on the ballot.¹

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Pete Ricketts

Republican · Incumbent

Currently serves as a U.S. senator from Nebraska.

Mike Marvin

Legal Marijuana NOW · Challenger

Robin Richards

Nebraska Working People · Challenger

Chuck Conboy

America First · Challenger

Dan Osborn

By Petition · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Fact	Pete Ricketts	Mike Marvin	Robin Richards	Chuck Conboy	Dan Osborn
Party on the ballot	Republican¹	Legal Marijuana NOW¹	Nebraska Working People¹	America First¹	By Petition¹
Status	Incumbent²	Challenger	Challenger	Challenger	Challenger
Raised	$14,546,959 through October 14, 2026³	$27,750 through September 11, 2026⁴	$0 through October 14, 2026⁵	$0 through October 14, 2026⁶	$11,029,845 through October 14, 2026⁷
Cash on hand	$1,218,139³	$0⁴	$0⁵	-$88⁶	$1,953,183⁷
Outside spending	$1,511,769 for · $18,429,087 against⁸	$123,445 for · $0 against⁹	$55,000 for · $0 against¹⁰	Not found in the public sources we checked	$10,118,216 for · $24,537,972 against¹¹
Foreign ownership of farmland	His campaign website says he introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the country's ability to stop foreign adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party, from owning farmland.¹²	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says countries such as China and Brazil should be banned from buying Nebraska farmland.¹³
Marijuana laws	Not found in the public sources we checked	Make it legal for adults to buy and use His campaign website's platform page says marijuana should be made legal across the United States for both medical and recreational use.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he will work to support the adoption of medical marijuana in Nebraska.^15,16
Campaign finance rules	Not found in the public sources we checked	Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United His campaign website's platform page says he supports ending the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and paying for all U.S. elections entirely with public money.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United His campaign website says he would be a leading voice for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and supports the DISCLOSE Act, which it says would require nonprofit groups that now keep their donors private to report election spending over $10,000.¹⁷
Stock trading by members of Congress	Not found in the public sources we checked	Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks His campaign website's platform page says elected officials should not be allowed to trade stocks or to become lobbyists after they leave office.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks His campaign website says members of Congress and the executive branch should be banned outright from trading individual stocks, and that he supports the HONEST Act, which would require members to sell their individual stock holdings.¹⁷
Social Security benefit levels	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website's platform page says Social Security and Medicare should be protected and expanded.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says Social Security should be protected for current and future retirees with no cuts to benefits, and that Congress must act before what it calls the 2032 insolvency deadline.¹⁸	His campaign website says he will never vote to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits.¹⁵
Social Security payroll tax cap	Not found in the public sources we checked	Apply the tax to all earnings His campaign website's platform page says he would eliminate the cap on income subject to the Social Security tax.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says the cap on income subject to the Social Security tax should be raised or eliminated so high earners pay the same rate as everyone else.¹⁵
Federal income tax rates	His campaign website says he helped pass what it calls the largest federal tax cut in American history.¹⁹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he supports a middle-class tax cut that lowers rates on wage income, paired with closing loopholes at the top.¹⁵
Federal spending levels	Cut overall federal spending His campaign website says he helped pass legislation that will cut nearly $2 trillion in government spending.²⁰	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he will not vote for spending the country cannot afford and wants to see how every bill is paid for.²¹
Fraud and improper payments in federal programs	His campaign website says he introduced the bipartisan Improper Payments Transparency Act and voted to hold states accountable for fraud in SNAP.²⁰	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he would push for a national audit of federal spending and increase penalties for people who steal from taxpayers.²¹
Taxes on tips and overtime	His campaign website lists ending taxes on tips and overtime among the tax cuts he helped pass.¹⁹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Make the tax break permanent or expand it His campaign website says he supports making no tax on tips permanent and making no federal income tax on overtime permanent and applicable to all overtime hours.¹⁵

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Pete Ricketts — 8 issues

Police funding
Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
His campaign website says he opposed calls to defund the police, voted to give law enforcement more resources to fight fentanyl and cosponsored harsher penalties for criminals who target officers.²²
Transgender students in school sports
Require teams based on sex at birth
His campaign website says he voted to bar people born male from competing in women's sports.²³
Conservation and development on federal lands
His campaign website says he opposed a Biden administration plan that it says would have taken 30% of Nebraska's land for federal conservation.²³
Child tax credit
His campaign website lists an expanded child tax credit among the tax cuts he helped pass.¹⁹
Economic ties with China
His campaign website calls China a threat and says he introduced legislation to limit China's ability to use tax incentives meant for American citizens.¹²
Military spending
Increase military spending
His campaign website says he voted for $150 billion to strengthen national security, and that he also voted for funding for Offutt Air Force Base, the Sentinel ICBM program and the Golden Dome missile defense system.¹²
Border wall and barriers
His campaign website says he voted for $46.5 billion in border security funding, the hiring of 16,000 Border Patrol agents and $4 billion to clear the immigration court backlog.²²
Income tax on Social Security benefits
His campaign website says he voted for Social Security tax cuts that it says end federal taxes on Social Security benefits for 88% of seniors.^19,24

Mike Marvin — 1 issue

Health insurance system
One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
His campaign website's platform page, under the heading Medicare for All, says Medicare and Medicaid should be expanded to eventually cover every American and that he would fight for universal health care.¹⁴

Chuck Conboy — 4 issues

Student loan forgiveness
His campaign website says the student debt holding young Americans back should be ended and higher education made affordable and accessible to every American.¹⁸
Child care costs
His campaign website says child care should be made affordable so parents do not have to choose between earning a living and raising a family.¹⁸
Foreign aid
His campaign website calls for an end to what it calls endless foreign wars and blank checks to foreign governments, and says America should be rebuilt before the rest of the world.¹⁸
Immigration enforcement inside the country
His campaign website says he would secure the southern border, expand immigration enforcement, and deport criminals, dangerous individuals and people with no claim to remain, while training hardworking immigrants to become productive members of society.¹⁸

Dan Osborn — 18 issues

Abortion law
His campaign website says he is personally pro-life but believes the government should not make health decisions for people, which belong to patients and their doctors.¹⁶
Ethanol and biofuel requirements
Expand biofuel use, such as by allowing E15 sales all year
His campaign website says he supports year-round E15 as an alternative market for Nebraska farmers.¹³
Farm payments and crop insurance
His campaign website says crop insurance subsidies favor large farms and should be adjusted, through the agents' commission formula, so small farms have the same opportunities.¹³
Foreign intelligence surveillance (FISA Section 702)
Renew it, but require a warrant to search the collected records for Americans' communications
His campaign website says he would not support renewing FISA Section 702 without strict warrant protections for Americans.¹⁶
Supreme Court term limits
Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
His campaign website says he supports 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices.¹⁷
Tariffs
Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
His campaign website says he supports targeted, strategic tariffs designed to bring jobs home, not blanket tariffs.^13,15
Drawing district lines (redistricting)
Have independent commissions, not lawmakers, draw district lines
His campaign website says every state should be required to have an independent redistricting commission of ordinary citizens, with maps approved by Democrats, Republicans and independents.¹⁷
Term limits for Congress
Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
His campaign website says he supports term limits of two terms in the Senate and six terms in the House.¹⁷
Data centers and electricity costs
Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
His campaign website says AI companies should pay for the power their data centers use rather than passing the cost to households, and that tax breaks and subsidies for data centers should end.^15,21
Iran's nuclear program and sanctions
His campaign website says the war in Iran should end.²⁵
Military aid to Israel
His campaign website says he would cut off aid to Israel until it stops what the site calls aggression against Gaza and its neighbors.²⁵
Federal Medicaid funding
His campaign website says he will fight to restore funding for rural hospitals hurt by federal Medicaid cuts and will support Medicaid's home-care waivers for seniors and people with disabilities.¹⁵
Passenger trains and Amtrak
His campaign website says he would work to connect Nebraska further to the national Amtrak system.²⁵
Social Security retirement age
Keep it at 67
His campaign website says he will never vote to raise the retirement age.¹⁵
Data privacy
His campaign website says he supports strong consumer privacy protections to stop companies from using people's personal data to charge them more.¹⁵
High-speed internet access
His campaign website says he would promote rural broadband.¹³
Private care for veterans
Expand the VA's own hospitals and clinics, using private care mainly when the VA can't provide it
His campaign website opposes privatizing VA health care and says he will work to protect and strengthen the VA.¹⁵
Veterans' disability and survivor benefits
Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
His campaign website says he supports the Major Richard Star Act to end the offset between retirement pay and VA disability pay for veterans medically retired because of combat injuries.¹⁵

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.

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