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Midterms 2026 · US Senate

Nebraska Senate race: Pete Ricketts vs Dan Osborn

How the candidates in the Nebraska Senate race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.

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Pete Ricketts

Republican · incumbent

Us vs. them0.4

Hostility this week 1.0 / 10 (too little history yet for a personal norm).

Audience impact, 30 days: +1.3 leans reassuring

19 Oct 2026 · Roll Call

Today my Omaha office received a letter with a powdery substance. The letter matches the description of letters sent to other congressional and state offices across the nation.

Audience impact 0 neutral

15 Oct 2026 · finanznachrichten.de

Establishing secure supply lines on things such as niobium and scandium, titanium, magnetic rare earths, and processing them here is vital. This is a vital project. I'm so proud that Nebraska is part of it. This is something that's important for our country,…
Us vs. them

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

10 Oct 2026 · nypost.com

I think the president’s coming to Nebraska to help me campaign so I can get reelected.

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

30 Sept 2026 · Congressional Record

I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote for the Stop Insider Trading Act that will be voted on a little bit later today. Eighty percent of Americans believe that we do a poor job of separating the inside information that we get from our financial…
Us vs. them

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

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Dan Osborn

Independent

Absolutes0.5
Threat & fear0.2
Vague promise0.1

Hostility this week 0.0 / 10, 1.1 below their usual 1.1.

Audience impact, 30 days: +0.1 neutral

17 Oct 2026 · newsweek.com

a broad coalition of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats. I’ll fight for Nebraskans, no matter what the party bosses say.

Audience impact 0 neutral

15 Oct 2026 · washingtonsun.com

I wouldn’t have allowed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to strip a trillion dollars away from Medicaid, and people’s health care is going to be hurting.
Vague promise

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

13 Oct 2026 · newrepublic.com

I did not know that. Our politics have gotten to this place where cash is king. If we’re only watching TV commercials and listening to radio ads. Ricketts is going to win by a landslide, because he’s got all the money to stay on there.

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

13 Oct 2026 · townhall.com

First of all, my field team f***ing sucks. Because trying to get field people, that is why, another reason why Democrats don't win in Nebraska, because there's no hiring pool for that industry for people that want to work in politics.

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

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