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  NE US Senate - R Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Nebraska > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline January 06, 2006 - 12:00pm
Polls Open May 09, 2006 - 06:00am
Polls Close May 09, 2006 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH February 16, 2009 08:52pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2000
NameBen Nelson Votes353,093 (51.00%)
Term01/03/2001 - 01/03/2007 Margin15,116 (+2.18%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 2.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Don Stenberg
Safe 1
Strong 1
Lean 3
Pete Ricketts
Strong 1
Lean 2
Slight 2
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

08/31/2005 05/07/2006

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Pete Ricketts Attorney General Don Stenberg David Kramer
PartyRepublican Republican Republican
Votes129,643 (48.02%) 96,496 (35.75%) 43,815 (16.23%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -33,147 (-12.28%) -85,828 (-31.79%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$296,794.00 $12,566.00 $88,690.00
MATCHUP POLLS
MSR Group 
05/05-05/07
48.00% (+8.0) 28.00% (-2.0) 11.00% (-3.0)
MSR Group 
05/02-05/04
40.00% (+0.0) 30.00% (+0.0) 14.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
04/19-04/19
52.00% (+0.0) 26.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0)
Unknown (R) 
04/09-04/10
43.00% (+0.0) 33.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+0.0)
Victory Enterprises (R) 
08/31-09/02
2.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Lincoln Journal Star
R Jon Bruning [L]
  Omaha World Herald

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 20, 2006 01:00pm Poll [NE] Ricketts leads in poll released by campaign  Article ArmyDem 
Aug 16, 2005 10:00am Election Guide Shane Osborn ponders run for Senate in Nebraska  Article COSDem 
Aug 04, 2005 10:10pm Election Guide Peter Ricketts eyes run for U.S. Senate in Nebraska  Article COSDem 
Jun 28, 2005 02:00pm Election Guide Ex-GOP chairman opens bid for Nebraska Senate  Article COSDem 
Jun 27, 2005 09:00pm Election Guide Former state GOP chairman to announce Nebraska Senate bid  Article COSDem 
Apr 28, 2005 12:00pm General Stenberg announces Nebraska Senate bid  Article COSDem 

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