Pete Ricketts
- Previous profession
- Salesman; Chicago environmental consultant; President and chief operating officer, Ameritrade, 1993 to 2006;
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- Salesman
- Chicago environmental consultant
- President and chief operating officer, Ameritrade, 1993 to 2006
- Co-founder, director and president, Platte Institute for Economic Research, 2007 to 2013
- Co-owner, Chicago Cubs baseball team, 2009 to present
- First public office
- 2015Governor, Nebraska, 2015 to 2023
- Years in public office
- 11
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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The saved record holds 57 recorded votes by Pete Ricketts, from 2023 to 2026.
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118th Congress, 2023 and 2024
15 Yes · 4 No on 19 laws of this Congress.
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3 excerpts
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Ricketts, Senate Republicans Launch Anti-Fraud Task Force
“We are days away from celebrating America’s 250th birthday. Preserving this great nation for another 250 years will require us to recommit to protecting Americans, our tax dollars, and our values.”
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Ricketts Celebrates One Big Beautiful Win for Nebraskans
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as part of the budget reconciliation process.”
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Ricketts: States Should “Play a More Active Role in Federal Highway Programming”
“Ricketts made the comments in a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. During the hearing, he also questioned the panelists on ways to improve efficiency and service quality through process improvement, similar to Nebraska’s successful process improvement when Ricketts was Governor.”
Member-requested spending
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Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
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