Ricketts (R-NE) gets early ads from group tied to Senate GOP in potential Osborn race
Source: Nebraska Examiner
By: Aaron Sanderford - May 23, 2025 5:00 am
OMAHA -- U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., running for his first full six-year term in 2026, is getting early outside ad support from Senate Republicans that shows he and the party are taking a potential matchup with registered nonpartisan labor leader Dan Osborn seriously.
One Nation, the best-known advertising arm of the Senate GOP's Super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, is announcing a seven-figure digital ad buy on Ricketts' behalf Friday, the Examiner has learned. It's starting with a positive ad.
Chris Gustafson, communications director for One Nation, touted Ricketts' "long and trusted record" of results in Lincoln and Washington, D.C., where Ricketts is already making waves as a major fundraiser for the Senate GOP.
The Ricketts record
The online ad unveiled this week reminds Republicans and others about the Legislature's push while he was governor to remove income taxes from Social Security income and of his federal push to do the same with President Donald Trump.
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., speaks to supporters during his campaign kickoff event Aug. 23, 2023, in Omaha. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
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