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John Peter Ricketts is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nebraska since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 40th governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023.
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business · American politician (born 1964) · politician · businessperson · governor · also Pete Ricketts, J. Peter Ricketts, John Peter Ricketts, Peter Ricketts, Governor Peter Ricketts, Governor Pete Ricketts
Born 19 August 1964 · Q6106781
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“It is wrong to put post-sentence remedies for these crimes on the same level as those where a judge believes a simple fine or time in the community on probation is the appropriate sanction.”
“The president and the pope have two very different jobs. The president”
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“the One Big Beautiful Bill is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver for Nebraska.”
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“one that really starts creating those divisions between us about defining who we are based on race and that sort of thing and really not about how to bring us together as Americans rather than—and dividing us and also having a lot of very socialist-type ideas about how that would be implemented in our state.”
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Ricketts supported Trump's decision to enter the 2026 Iran war, and voted against a measure intended to limit it through a war powers resolution
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Campaign: 2026 election.
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Ricketts announced his bid for reelection to the U
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Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was estimated to increase the federal deficit by more than $4 trillion
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Career landmark: United States senator (2025).
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Campaign: 2024 election.
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Career landmark: United States senator (2023–2025).
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Published video “The Nebraska Way - Episode 41 – Trev Alberts”.
Published video “The Nebraska Way - Episode 40 - Jane Miller”.
Published video “The Nebraska Way – Episode 39 – Clayton Anderson”.
Published video “The Nebraska Way - Episode 38 – 70th Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”.
Published video “Governor Ricketts joins National Report - 05/10/2022”.
Published video “The Nebraska Way - Episode 37- Congressman Don Bacon”.
Published video “The Nebraska Way - Episode 36 - Anthony Conner”.
Published video “Governor Ricketts signs historic tax relief legislation”.
Published video “The Nebraska Way - Episode 35 - Norm Krug”.
Published video “The Nebraska Way - Episode 34 - Jeff Noordhoek”.
Ricketts said he opposed a proposal by President Joe Biden to preserve 30% of the nation's land and water by 2030, calling it a "radical climate agenda
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While the Nebraska legislature was contemplating legalizing medical cannabis, he said, "If you legalize marijuana, you're gonna kill your kids
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“s land and water by 2030, calling it a”
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Ricketts said he opposed critical race theory
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“[Critical Race Theory proponents] teach that racism defines America and that systemic racism plagues our country’s institutions . . Critical race theorists seek to remedy what they describe as ‘systemic racism’ by turning back the clock on race relations and promoting a race-based view of the world.”
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Ricketts signed numerous laws passed by the legislature, including property and veterans tax relief bills, dismemberment abortion bans, and flood and pandemic relief
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Ricketts made some workforce reforms, providing a new partnership between Peru State College and the Nebraska Department of Corrections, to provide a path for students to go from the classroom into the corrections workfo
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“This bill sends the wrong message to victims of crime and society. It represents poor public policy.”
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Said that its "medicinal value has not been tested" and cited studies suggesting that cannabis adversely affects brain functions
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Signed LB 1040, which creates commemorative certificates of nonviable birth for miscarriages
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The state executed Carey Dean Moore, the first inmate put to death in the state in 21 years
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The state carried out its first execution since 1997
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Ricketts announced his candidacy for reelection
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Ricketts spent part of his family fortune to finance a referendum to reinstate capital punishment in the state
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Career landmark: Governor of Nebraska (2015–2023).
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While governor, he vetoed a bill to abolish capital punishment in Nebraska, but the legislature overrode his veto
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And after narrowly winning the six-way Republican primary, won the general election
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To concentrate on his 2014 gubernatorial campaign
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The Ricketts family trust bought the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB) from Tribune Media
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Ricketts co-founded, and became director and president of the Platte Institute for Economic Research, which he called a "free market think tank", and which Nebraska newspapers have called "conservative"
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Just days before the election, in Grand Island, Nebraska
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Election lost: 2006 election.
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Campaign: 2006 election.
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Ricketts left Ameritrade to run for the U
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Ricketts married Susanne Shore
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And changing its name to TD Ameritrade after acquiring TD Waterhouse in 2006
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Went to work for his father's business, initially in the call center for a few months, and subsequently appointed by his father to a number of executive positions, ultimately becoming the company's chief operating off
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Studied at Booth School of Business, Master of Business Administration (1991).
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And a Master of Business Administration in marketing and finance in 1991
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Studied at University of Chicago, Bachelor of Arts (1986).
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Studied at Westside High School (1982).
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One of the first discount stockbrokers in the United States
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The oldest of four children of Joe Ricketts and Marlene (Volkmer) Ricketts
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Born 1964-08-19.
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one that really starts creating those divisions between us about defining who we are based on race and that sort of thing and really not about how to bring us together as Americans rather than—and dividing us and also having a lot of very socialist-type ideas about how that would be implemented in our state.
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