- See Pete Ricketts's sponsored bills →Pete RickettsRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$13.4M raised
- Dan OsbornIndependent✓ Verified$9.8M raised
- Mike MarvinLegal Marijuana Now✓ Verified$28K raised
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Dan Osborn supports protecting small businesses, family farms, and middle-class jobs by fighting corporate greed and restoring real markets in agriculture, and he supports ending vertical integration in healthcare to improve access and affordability, including breaking up vertically integrated health conglomerates 156. Pete Ricketts supports cutting taxes and improving government efficiency to boost Nebraska's economy and help families and small businesses keep more of their income, and he supports ensuring veterans have access to quality healthcare, including mental health and suicide prevention services, while lowering their out-of-pocket costs 27.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 17, 2026.
| Issue | Pete RickettsRepublican | Dan OsbornIndependent | Mike MarvinLegal Marijuana Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Ricketts supports cutting taxes and improving government efficiency to boost Nebraska's economy and help families and small businesses keep more of their income. Ricketts supports boosting Nebraska agriculture as a key part of the economy, promoting biofuels, rural development, and protecting producers from burdensome regulations. Ricketts votes yea on disapproving financial regulations from the Treasury and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in votes 14887, 14803, and 14758. | Osborn supports protecting small businesses, family farms, and middle-class jobs by fighting corporate greed and restoring real markets in agriculture. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Economy & Jobs: Dan Osborn supports protecting small businesses, family farms, and middle-class jobs by fighting corporate greed and restoring real markets in agriculture 1. Pete Ricketts supports cutting taxes and improving government efficiency to boost Nebraska's economy and help families and small businesses keep more of their income 2. He also supports boosting Nebraska agriculture by promoting biofuels, rural development, and protecting producers from burdensome regulations 3. Ricketts voted yea on disapproving financial regulations from the Treasury and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in votes 14887, 14803, and 14758 4. | |||
| Healthcare | Ricketts supports ensuring veterans have access to quality healthcare, including mental health and suicide prevention services, while lowering their out-of-pocket costs. | Osborn supports ending vertical integration in healthcare and standing up to insurance companies to improve access and affordability. Osborn supports breaking up vertically integrated health conglomerates that control insurance, physician practices, and pharmacies together. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Dan Osborn supports ending vertical integration in healthcare and standing up to insurance companies to improve access and affordability, including breaking up vertically integrated health conglomerates that control insurance, physician practices, and pharmacies together 12. Pete Ricketts supports ensuring veterans have access to quality healthcare, including mental health and suicide prevention services, while lowering their out-of-pocket costs 3. | |||
| Immigration | Ricketts supports securing the border to protect national security, including building the wall, reforming asylum laws, increasing penalties for fentanyl distributors, and empowering Border Patrol. Ricketts votes yea on the Laken Riley Act in vote 14659. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Public Safety & Crime | Ricketts works to protect Nebraskans from policies that threaten their safety, including defending Second Amendment rights and supporting bans on men competing in women’s sports. Ricketts votes yea on the HALT Fentanyl Act in vote 14779. | Osborn supports ensuring first responders have robust pensions, support if injured or sick, and safe communities for families. Osborn supports federal rescheduling of marijuana, saying it never made medical sense to classify it alongside heroin. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Dan Osborn supports ensuring first responders have robust pensions, support if injured or sick, and safe communities for families 1. He also supports federal rescheduling of marijuana, stating it never made medical sense to classify it alongside heroin 2. Pete Ricketts works to protect Nebraskans from policies that threaten their safety, including defending Second Amendment rights and supporting bans on men competing in women’s sports 3. He voted yea on the HALT Fentanyl Act in vote 14779 4. | |||
| Abortion | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Ricketts supports significant tax cuts at both state and federal levels, including ending taxes on Social Security and military benefits, and expanding child tax credits. Ricketts supports cutting federal taxes on military retirement pay and exempting military retirement income from state income tax to benefit veterans. Ricketts votes yea on multiple appropriations and budget-related bills including H.R. 6500, S.Con.Res. 33, H.R. 7148, H.R. 6938, and H.R. 5371, but nay on S. 2882. | Osborn opposes corporate bailouts and handouts, supports simplifying taxes, and will not vote for spending the government cannot afford. Osborn would remove the cap on income subject to Social Security payroll tax, currently set at $176,100, to extend the program's solvency. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Energy & Environment | Ricketts votes yea on several joint resolutions disapproving Bureau of Land Management rules related to land and resource management in votes 320, 15273, 15264, 126, 15202, and 15198. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Ricketts votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and to terminate national emergencies on tariffs, but yea on the SEED Act of 2025 in votes 19235, 13960, 15241, 15240, 15236, and 14000. | Osborn supports a Nebraska-first foreign policy that ends wars driving up costs, including ending the war in Iran and cutting aid to Israel until aggression ends. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Foreign Policy & Defense: Dan Osborn supports a Nebraska-first foreign policy that ends wars driving up costs, including ending the war in Iran and cutting aid to Israel until aggression ends 1. Pete Ricketts voted nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and to terminate national emergencies on tariffs, but voted yea on the SEED Act of 2025 in votes 19235, 13960, 15241, 15240, 15236, and 14000 2. | |||