The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Pete Ricketts
Republican · Holds the seat now
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
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- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
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How they won the primary
The primary · 123,073 votes
- Cindy BurbankWon89.5%110,210
- William Forbes10.5%12,863
The primary · 197,074 votes
- Pete RickettsWon81.5%160,547
- Todd Knobel8.1%15,921
- Debb Axtel Schultz6%11,735
- Mac Stevens2.6%5,204
- Eric Mortimore1.9%3,667
Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $18M
- Outside money
- $22M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The 15 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing. The groups named here account for $21M of the $22M total; the rest is smaller filers.
Not on the November ballot
8 filed- William ForbesDemocrat$1K
- Mike Marvin$28K
- Benjamin SasseRepublican$993K
- Debra Axtell SchultzRepublican-
- Owen Carlson-
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
R+38 in 2020
- Ben SasseWon62.7%
- Chris Janicek24.4%
930,012 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.