Race details
Nebraska U.S. Senate
Candidates
Odds last updated September 10th, 1:36 AM
Pete Ricketts (R)
Incumbent
68.8% chance to win
Appointed senator and former two-term governor; a wealthy TD Ameritrade heir and prolific GOP donor running as a Trump-aligned incumbent.
Vote totals pending
Dan Osborn (I)
31.2% chance to win
Former industrial mechanic and union leader who led the 2021 Kellogg's strike; runs as an independent refusing to caucus with either party, on a populist, pro-labor message.
Vote totals pending
Why this race matters
Appointed Republican Senator Pete Ricketts, a former two-term governor seeking his first full term after winning the 2024 special election for Ben Sasse's old seat, faces independent Dan Osborn in a rematch of sorts after Osborn's closer-than-expected 2024 run against Deb Fischer. Osborn, a former industrial mechanic and union leader who refuses to caucus with either party, has turned deep-red Nebraska into a race worth watching, though Ricketts leads in polling.