Pete Ricketts

Pete Ricketts was sworn in as Nebraska’s U.S. Senator on Jan. 23, 2023. Born in Nebraska City and raised in Omaha, Ricketts is the son of an entrepreneur and a school teacher. He and his wife, Susanne Shore, have been married for 26 years and live in Omaha. They have three children: Roscoe, Margot and Eleanor. Pete graduated from Westside High School before attending the University of Chicago, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in biology and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance. After graduate school, Pete returned to Omaha and worked for Union Pacific before working as a customer services representative in his family’s business, a company that would eventually become known as Ameritrade. Ricketts was sworn in as Nebraska’s 40th Governor on Jan. 8, 2015, and was reelected to a second term in November 2018.