LINCOLN- In a special election widely considered uncompetitive, incumbent U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts is favored over civil rights activist and 2020 Senate write-in candidate Preston Love Jr. The winning candidate will finish the term of former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, who left his position in 2022 for a brief tenure as the president of the University of Florida.

Ricketts, who Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen appointed to fill Sasse’s seat last year, has said he will seek a full six-year Senate term in 2026. Though Ricketts has been in Nebraska politics for more than a decade, the November election will be his first general election appearance since 2018, when he was reelected to a second term as governor.

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