2024 United States Senate special election in Nebraska

2024 United States Senate special election in Nebraska

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Nominee Pete Ricketts Preston Love Jr.
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 571,281 333,401
Percentage 63.1% 36.9%

County results
Ricketts:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90-100%
Love:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Pete Ricketts[a]
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Pete Ricketts
Republican

The 2024 United States Senate special election in Nebraska was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Class 2 member of the United States Senate from Nebraska, to complete the term of Ben Sasse, who resigned on January 8, 2023, to become the president of the University of Florida.[1] On January 12, 2023, Governor Jim Pillen appointed Republican former governor Pete Ricketts to fill the seat until the election.[2] Ricketts won the special election, defeating Democratic nominee Preston Love Jr. with about 63% of the vote. This was the first time since 1954 where both of Nebraska's U.S. Senate seats were concurrently up for election. Primary elections took place on May 14, 2024.[3]


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  1. ^ Hammel, Paul (December 5, 2022). "Ben Sasse makes it official, will resign U.S. Senate seat Jan. 8". Nebraska Examiner. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference pillen appoints ricketts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved August 6, 2023.