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Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
Senate · Republican (most recent term) · NE · in Congress 2023–present · Bioguide ID R000618
Party history: R 2023–present. Source: term data in unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0); party shown is as recorded per term there.
Estimated net worth (from public disclosures)
| Estimate | Report year | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Estimated net worth before entering office (report year 2023, the member's first year in office) | 2023 | $62,514,258 | $157,699,626 | $252,884,994 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2025 | $125,044,244 | $267,832,120 | $410,619,995 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2023 → 2025 (2 years spanned) | 2023–2025 | −$127,840,750 | +$110,132,494 | +$348,105,737 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): short span (2 yr). Not in the recommended dollar-gain ranking (shown only in the full list).
Net worth by report year (mid; Low–High)
| Report year | Assets (mid) | Liabilities (mid) | Net worth mid | Low … High | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $158,344,629 | $645,003 | $157,699,626 | $62,514,258 … $252,884,994 | computed |
| 2024 | $181,054,622 | $582,503 | $180,472,120 | $71,019,245 … $289,924,994 | computed |
| 2025 | $268,359,622 | $527,502 | $267,832,120 | $125,044,244 … $410,619,995 | computed |
- What this is: Net worth = Schedule A assets (each value range at its midpoint; low–high range shown) minus Schedule D liabilities (midpoints / ranges). Low = assets at range floors minus liabilities at range ceilings; Mid = midpoints; High = assets at ceilings minus liabilities at floors. Low and High are outer bounds of the reported ranges, not likely outcomes.
- What it excludes / understates: exact values (only ranges are reported); a personal residence is not reported as an asset (although a mortgage on it may be listed as a liability, which then lowers the estimate); retirement and federal accounts (e.g. Thrift Savings Plan, defined-benefit pensions) are only partly or not reported; assets of excepted/blind trusts, cash held below reporting thresholds, vehicles, household goods and most spouse/dependent items exempt from reporting are not included; liabilities on a personal residence, revolving credit under thresholds and loans to family may be omitted by filers.
- Open-ended top ranges (e.g. “Over $50,000,000”) are counted at their lower bound and flagged, so such values are understated.
- The change is a change in estimated net worth in nominal dollars (no inflation adjustment). It includes salary, gifts, inheritances, business income and re-valuation as well as investment results, and it is subject to range-bracket noise; it is not an investment return and implies nothing about conduct.
Read this first. Members report asset values only as ranges (e.g. “$15,001 – $50,000”), never exact dollars. Every figure below is an estimate computed from range midpoints, not a measured return. Figures cannot be interpreted as investment performance, and they do not show wrongdoing or skill. Methodology and limitations are at the end and in the project README. Sources: public financial disclosure reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and/or the Secretary of the Senate (Senate eFD), linked below.
Limited data – not ranked. Only 2 comparable year-pair(s) could be computed (minimum 3 to rank). 3 annual filing(s) were usable (text-readable, validated OCR, or validated X-mark decoding) and 0 scanned/image-only filing(s) could not be used (older layouts failing validation, small amendments not integrated). See the method-per-year section below.
Estimated year-over-year change
Bars: midpoint estimate; whisker: same-position floor/ceiling band. Axis clipped to −100%…+150%. Years with insufficient traceable holdings are omitted.
| Year (t−1 → t) | Opening value (mid) | Closing value (mid) | Income (mid) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) | Est. gain | Same-position band | Strict envelope | Traced coverage | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023→2024 | $110,046,571 | $96,764,571 | $3,985,756 | $0 | $0 | -8.4% | -9.1% … -5.9% | -124% … +108% | 69% | counted |
| 2024→2025 | $177,286,099 | $260,853,598 | $4,930,670 | $0 | $0 | +49.9% | +43.1% … +77.9% | -91% … +191% | 98% | counted |
Filings used
Each annual-report year uses one filing (most recently filed version among originals/amendments whose Schedule A row count is ≥ 40% of the largest). Electronic (text) PDFs are parsed. Scanned/image-only filings are OCR-read and used only if they pass the explicit validation gates described in the project README (value/income coverage, two-engine agreement, exact bracket snapping, page completeness, year-to-year position continuity); such years are labelled OCR-derived below. Scanned filings that fail validation are listed as “insufficient data – scanned”.
| Report year | Doc ID | Type | Filed | Schedule A rows | Rows with unparsed value | Source (official filing) / SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2eb83de2-c457-4a61-a902-7810952db2d1 | Senate annual | 05/15/2024 | 258 | 0 | Senate eFD report33a022d4cd218eba392624b73cc36f105972c22a4a1f0e1311302e06e3541e87 |
| 2024 | 355ca0f6-a3d6-4d82-bb2f-d35283c4404d | Senate annual | 05/15/2025 | 245 | 0 | Senate eFD reportb1f926075bc4816222fbdb1dbdcf521f40e77f628da4f64d7ac4e3b97f03a71c |
| 2025 | a8d4d3ca-b222-4c06-ae91-8b3b73686894 | Senate annual | 05/15/2026 | 244 | 0 | Senate eFD report64f256a92d448e47d947aeefb526642cc34c4f94c8da2b715cbaeca080f09a21 |
Largest movers 2023→2024
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Exempt Trust A Filer comment: Asset valuation reflects reportable portion; transaction | JT | held | $5,000,001 - $25,000,000 | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Lutz Account 1 ⇒ Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (BND) | JT | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-Exempt Trust A Filer comment: Asset valuation reflects reportable portion; transaction | JT | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000; $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UBS Account 1 ⇒ UBS Bank (New York, NY) Type: Brokerage Sweep Account, Money Market Accoun | JT | held | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Lutz Account 1 ⇒ TIP - iShares TIPS Bond ETF | JT | held | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-Exempt Trust A Filer comment: Asset valuation reflects reportable portion; transaction | JT | held | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Lutz Account 1 ⇒ IGSB - iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond E | JT | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Techstars Accelerator 2021, L.P. Description : Private Investment Partnership (New York, N | — | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2024→2025
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwab 3 ⇒ SCHW - Charles Schwab Corporation (The) Common Stock | — | held | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $25,000,001 - $50,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UBS Account 1 ⇒ SCHW - Charles Schwab Corporation (The) Common Stock | JT | held | $5,000,001 - $25,000,000 | $25,000,001 - $50,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Mercatus, LLC Company: Mercatus, LLC (Omaha, NE) Description: Holding company ⇒ Land Descr | SP | held | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $5,000,001 - $25,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Lutz Account 1 ⇒ DFIEX - Dfa International Core Equity Portfolio | JT | held | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $5,000,001 - $25,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UBS Account 1 ⇒ UBS Bank (New York, NY) Type: Brokerage Sweep Account, Money Market Accoun | JT | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
| UBS Account 6 ⇒ Merrill Lynch (New York, NY) Type: Brokerage Sweep Account | SP | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-Exempt Trust A Filer comment: Asset valuation reflects reportable portion; transaction | JT | held | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-Exempt Trust A Filer comment: Asset valuation reflects reportable portion; transaction | JT | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 |
Method (summary)
- Schedule A asset rows are read from each annual report; the dollar range for each row is converted to its midpoint. Open-ended top ranges (“Over $50,000,000”) are excluded from the traced set and counted as a coverage loss.
- Positions are matched year to year by owner code (self/SP/DC/JT) + normalised asset name. A position that appears only in year t is included only if Schedule B shows a purchase of it in year t (opening value 0); a position that disappears is included only if Schedule B shows a sale (closing value 0). Otherwise it is excluded as unexplained.
- Estimated gain = (closing − opening + reported income − purchases + sale proceeds) ÷ opening, all at midpoints, for the traced positions. “Capital gains” income is not added again (it is already in value change and sale proceeds).
- A year counts only if traced opening value ≥ $50,000 and traced coverage ≥ 60% of the opening midpoint. A member is ranked only with ≥ 3 such years (exactly 2 = “limited data”, shown but unranked). Average = geometric mean of (1+yearly estimate).
Limitations
- Ranges are wide (up to a factor of 5 or more, and up to $50M+ open-ended); a holding can move between ranges without any real change in value, and stay in a range while moving materially. Yearly estimates are therefore noisy; the “strict envelope” shows the mathematical worst/best case and is typically wider than ±100%.
- Purchases and sales are only disclosed as ranges and only for transactions over $1,000; partial sales, dividend reinvestment, spousal/dependent accounts and retirement-plan funds are reported inconsistently. Excepted/blind trusts, personal residences and certain pensions are not reported at all.
- Filers sometimes change how they list assets (e.g. listing a brokerage account vs. its individual holdings), which can make positions untraceable across years; these are excluded rather than guessed.
- Asset values in an annual report are as of Dec 31 of the reporting year; the report year t−1→t covers that calendar year. Late or amended filings are used when filed; extensions can delay them.
- The text of these reports is machine-parsed from PDFs; parse errors are possible. Every number links back to the cited filing. This is not investment advice.
- Use of these filings is restricted by 5 U.S.C. § 105(c) (no unlawful, commercial or credit-rating purpose, and none for solicitation of money).
Generated 2026-10-01 by an automated pipeline. Data: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (disclosures-clerk.house.gov); member roster: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).