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Nebraska Political & Non Profit Financial Intelligence
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PETE RICKETTS

Nonpartisan / not listed
Governor & Lt. Governor · Statewide · committee: PETE RICKETTS FOR GOVERNOR
Total raised (NADC)
$1,289,907
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2021–22 cycle. Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
⚔ Head-to-head vs CHARLES HERBSTER
Default opponent: general-election opponent once nominees are set, otherwise the top-raising opposing-party candidate (nonpartisan races: top-raising other candidate).

Where the money came from

Source typeAmountShare
Organization & committee contributions (itemized ties)$346,72126.9%
Individuals & all other receipts$943,18673.1%
Via Anedot: $22,398 in earmarked individual contributions. This is part of the individual rows above, not extra money.
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2021–22 cycle.

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $1,215,998 (94.3%) · Out of state: $73,909 (5.7%)
Itemized receipts with an address only. Only state totals are shown; no ZIP-level figures, so no ZIP with fewer than 5 donors can be identified.

Outside spending (independent expenditures)

Supporting: $0 · Opposing: $0
None reported.
Plains Ledger independent-expenditure import. Spending is counted separately for each candidate it names: one ad backing one candidate and opposing another is reported for both, and these totals are not added together.

Top organization & PAC contributors

OrganizationTypeDirect
CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL CLUB LLCBusiness$71,689
ASSOCIATED BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS OF NEBRASKA - BPACPAC$31,000
ASSOCIATED BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS OF NE (PAC)PAC$26,000
CARE PACPAC$17,500
NEBRASKA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION501(c)(6) trade group$12,500
HUGO ENTERPRISES, LLCBusiness$11,300
NEBRASKA REALTORS PACPAC$11,000
CENTENE CORPORATIONBusiness$10,000
CENTENE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLCBusiness$10,000
AFLAC (GA)Business$10,000
SWAIN CONSTRUCTION INCBusiness$6,000
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (union)501(c)(5) union$6,000
HY-VEE, INC. - IABusiness$5,909
HY-VEE FOOD STOREBusiness$5,557
MID AMERICA BIO ENERGY & COMMODITIES LLCBusiness$5,000
Organizations only. Individual donors are never named, and conduits such as ActBlue and WinRed are not listed as donors. Pinned organizations are always shown.

Filings & sources