Nebraska Republicans kept their hold on the state’s U.S. Senate delegation as voters sent incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) back to Washington for his first full six-year term.
The Associated Press declared former Nebraska governor Ricketts the winner at 3:27 a.m. ET, defeating independent candidate Dan Osborn.
In a campaign victory speech, Ricketts said the campaign defeated more than just one independent candidate.
“What the Democrat Social America found out tonight was socialism does not work in Nebraska,” Ricketts told his supporters at a watch party.
Ricketts campaigned on his experience and track record as Nebraska’s two-term governor and incumbent U.S. senator. Ricketts served as governor from 2015 to 2023. …