Nebraska Senate polls 2026

Senate election 3 Nov 2026, in 3 days.

Pete Ricketts leads the polling average with 47.1%, 1.7 points ahead of Dan Osborn.

Average

Updated 34 minutes ago

Pete Ricketts 47.1 +2.5

Dan Osborn 45.4 −1.2

Pete RickettsDan Osborn

Pete RickettsDan Osborn

Immigration

ExpandRestrictRemigration

Economy

Free marketState-directed

Christian identity

SecularChristian

Abortion

Broad accessProtect unborn life

Marriage & family

Individual choiceTraditional

National culture1 unplaced

CosmopolitanPreserve heritage

Subsidiarity1 unplaced

CentraliseDevolve

Technology

Light-touchRein in Big Tech

Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology

Why these scores

Pete Ricketts: 7 of 10 As governor vetoed driver's and professional licences for DACA recipients; backs Trump border enforcement
Dan Osborn: 4.5 of 10 Backs more border wall and security plus legal status for long-term undocumented immigrants without records

Pete Ricketts: 2 of 10 Signed $12.7bn tax cuts; opposed Medicaid expansion and minimum wage rise; voted for 2025 OBBBA
Dan Osborn: 6 of 10 Pro-union: higher minimum wage, easier organising, lift Social Security cap, right-to-repair, anti-monopoly

Pete Ricketts: 6.5 of 10 Catholic, Knight of Columbus; signed miscarriage certificates affirming 'pre-born baby's dignity'; defied church on executions
Dan Osborn: 3 of 10 Catholic who frames social issues with a 'libertarian approach' limiting government in private life

Pete Ricketts: 9 of 10 Supports total abortion ban with no rape or incest exceptions; cosponsored in-person abortion-pill dispensing bill
Dan Osborn: 2 of 10 Personally anti-abortion but supports Roe-era legal access, opposes federal ban and late-term abortion

Pete Ricketts: 6.5 of 10 Opposed same-sex marriage and defended Nebraska's ban in court as governor; signed pregnancy-loss certificates
Dan Osborn: 2.5 of 10 Supports legal recognition of same-sex marriage; says private lives are 'no business but their own'

Pete Ricketts: 6.5 of 10 Called critical race theory 'Marxist' and 'un-American'; funded 2008 Nebraska affirmative-action ban initiative

Pete Ricketts: 7.5 of 10 Leading Convention of States advocate; barred state agencies from federal vaccine mandate compliance

Pete Ricketts: 3.5 of 10 Backs building AI data centers and developing AGI as national security; opposes AI chip sales to China
Dan Osborn: 8 of 10 Opposes development of superintelligence and AGI; fights AI data centers and backs right-to-repair

Date	Pollster	Ricketts	Osborn
29 Oct	New York Times/Siena University	49	43
23 Oct	Echelon Insights (R)	47	46
22 Oct	GBAO (D)	45	46
20 Oct	Impact Research (D)+1 scenario	49	47
18 Oct	Concord Public Opinion Partners (D)	41	48
18 Oct	National Public Affairs (R)+1 scenario	46	43
5 Oct	National Public Affairs (R)+1 scenario	46	43
3 Oct	YouGov	47	48
30 Sept	co/efficient (R)+1 scenario	45	40
13 Sept	SurveyUSA	42	46
8 Sept	GBAO (D)	46	47
13 Aug	Impact Research (D)	47	47
15 Jul	GBAO (D)	47	47
11 May	Tavern Research (D)	42	47