Pete Ricketts leads Nebraska's U.S. Senate race with 50.1% to Dan Osborn's 43.9%, a 6.2-point margin (unofficial results, 100% of precincts reporting)
What's new Pete Ricketts (REP) leads Nebraska's U.S. Senate race with 378,244 votes (50.14%) against 331,250 (43.91%) for Dan Osborn (PET) in the count of the Nov. 3 vote: unofficial results, 100% of precincts reporting (1322/1322 precincts; the state's final flag is not set).
Why it matters The state certifies its results later; in this count the gap is 6.23 percentage points, or 46,994 votes.
PostNewz holds no poll average for these two candidates in this race, so this story gives no poll comparison.
On Kalshi, a prediction market, “Will the margin of victory for Republicans in the Nebraska Senate election be at least 9 p” traded at a 12.5¢ mid before election day; “Will Republicans win the Senate race in Nebraska? | Pete Ricketts” traded at a 69.5¢ mid before election day; the market settled yes (a market signal, not the official count).
Records: election_results #5226 and #5230, election_polls #51105, market_snapshots #338812, #338607.
Room for disagreement
A vote count says who won and by how much; it does not say why voters chose as they did, and a poll average measures intentions before the vote, not the result.
About the data
Every figure in this story is read from PostNewz's election_results, election_polls, election_market_links and market_snapshots tables (36 rows read Nov 7, 4:32 PM UTC): Official count for Nebraska's U.S. Senate race: Pete Ricketts 378,244 votes (election_results #5226), Dan Osborn 331,250 (election_results #5230); unofficial results, 100% of precincts reporting (1322/1322), state final flag not set, election_results #5230, as of 11/6/2026 6:58:31 PM (state time) (state election office electionresults.nebraska.gov, https://electionresults.nebraska.gov/resultsCSV.aspx?text=All&type=SW&map=CTY); poll average election_polls #51105 (2 polls, computed 2026-11-07T12:36:05.333Z); Kalshi rows before election day: market_snapshots #338812, market_snapshots #338607. Written by code from those rows (pnpolls1-pnj-v28, US race result story; no model prose); neutrality check passed. All dates and times are UTC.