| Turnout | Ben Nelson* (D) |
Pete Ricketts (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 53% | 1,347 | 65.5% | 708 | 34.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 639 | 2,055 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Ben Nelson* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,486,646 |
| Total Receipts: | $7,624,168 |
| Cash on Hand: | $300,500 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $3,902,677 |
| Party Contributions: | $37,965 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $3,566,188 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $148,502 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $27,500 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $121,002 |
| Net Spending: | $7,607,648 |
| Pete Ricketts | |
| Total Disbursements: | $13,417,690 |
| Total Receipts: | $13,424,896 |
| Cash on Hand: | $7,204 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $15,597 |
| Candidate Loans: | $12,010,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $1,192,585 |
| Party Contributions: | $2,100 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $197,700 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $2,305 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $2,305 |
| Net Spending: | $13,419,995 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/NE/2006