Monolith Analytics · Nebraska 2026 · Campaign money

U.S. Senate

Dan Osborn (I)Pete Ricketts (R)

Dan Osborn reports $1.95M on hand to Pete Ricketts’s $1.22M. Outside groups have spent $55.85M in this race, $29.45M of it to help Dan Osborn.

FEC filings: candidate totals through each committee’s latest report; outside spending through Oct 28. Rebuilt every morning until election day.

Monolith’s read, written Oct 28

Outside groups have now spent more than twice what the two campaigns raised together: $55.9 million against $25.6 million. Most of it is negative. $24.6 million has been spent against Osborn and $18.6 million against Ricketts.

The campaigns are funded very differently. Individuals gave 96% of Osborn's money, $4.0 million of it in gifts under $200. Half of Ricketts's $14.6 million is his own.

Side by side

	Osborn	Ricketts
Cash on hand	$1.95MOct 14	$1.22MOct 14
Raised, 2025–26 cycle	$11.03M	$14.55M
Spent, 2025–26 cycle	$9.14M	$13.82M
From individuals	$10.57M$3.99M in gifts under $200	$2.86M$322,650 in gifts under $200
From PACs and parties	$230,338	$1.97M
The candidate’s own money	$10	$7.30M
Outside spending for	$10.81M	$1.79M
Outside spending against	$24.60M	$18.64M

Outside spending

Spender	Candidate	Since the primary	All 2026
Nebraska Values PAClast on Oct 23	Pete Rickettsagainst	$11.42M	$11.42M
Defend American Jobslast on Oct 20	Dan Osbornagainst	$10.83M	$10.83M
Cornhusker Majoritylast on Oct 9	Dan Osbornagainst	$6.95M	$6.95M
Working Class Majority PAC, INClast on Oct 26	Dan Osbornfor	$6.25M	$6.25M
SLF PAClast on Oct 24	Dan Osbornagainst	$4.58M	$4.58M
Working Class Majority PAC, INClast on Oct 26	Pete Rickettsagainst	$3.29M	$3.29M
Win It Back PAClast on Sep 9	Dan Osbornagainst	$2.06M	$2.06M
Freedom From Politics, INC.last on Oct 20	Pete Rickettsagainst	$2.06M	$2.06M
The Edge Action Fundlast on Oct 15	Dan Osbornfor	$1.36M	$1.36M
Lower Costs Nowlast on Oct 23	Dan Osbornfor	$1.21M	$1.21M
The Edge Action Fundlast on Oct 15	Pete Rickettsagainst	$1.11M	$1.11M
United Futures PAClast on Oct 23	Dan Osbornfor	$672,261	$672,261
39 other groupseach smaller than those above		$3.01M	$4.06M

The FEC lists each expenditure on a 24- or 48-hour notice and again on the spender’s periodic report. Each is counted once here.

Dan Osborn

Where the money comes from

Individuals, itemized$6.59M
Individuals, under $200$3.99M
PACs and party$230,338
Transfers$170,651
The candidate$10

Through the Pre-General report, covering to Oct 14.

Pete Ricketts

Where the money comes from

The candidate$7.30M
Individuals, itemized$2.54M
Transfers$2.33M
PACs and party$1.97M
Individuals, under $200$322,650

Through the Pre-General report, covering to Oct 14.

About these numbers

Totals come from each campaign’s FEC reports for the 2025–26 cycle. Late-October money appears only on 48-hour notices until the post-general report.
Outside spending is independent expenditures that name a candidate, for or against, by the group that paid.