Incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R), a popular former governor who won his 2024 special election by 25 points, anchors trader consensus favoring a Republican victory at 75% implied probability in Nebraska's deep-red Senate race. Recent partisan-sponsored polls from Impact Research and Change Research, both backing independent challenger Dan Osborn, show Ricketts leading narrowly 48%-47% and 46%-45%, yet traders discount these amid Osborn's prior narrow 2024 loss to Sen. Deb Fischer and Nebraska's lack of an independent senator since 1943. Democrats, with low-profile primary contenders Cindy Burbank and William Forbes recently cleared for ballots by court order, languish at 4.3% amid negligible fundraising and party hesitance. Primaries on May 12 could consolidate fields ahead of the November 3 general.
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This market will resolve according to the winner of the 2026 midterm Nebraska U.S. Senate election, inclusive of any run-offs.
A candidate shall be considered to represent a party in the event that he or she is the nominee of the party in question. Candidates other than the Democratic or Republican nominee (e.g., Greens, Libertarian, independent) may be added at a later date.
Candidates who run as independents will not be encompassed by the “Democrat” or “Republican” options regardless of any affiliation they may have with the party.
The resolution source for this market is the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources call the race for the same candidate. If all three sources haven’t called the race in this state for the same candidate, this market will resolve based on the official certification.Incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R), a popular former governor who won his 2024 special election by 25 points, anchors trader consensus favoring a Republican victory at 75% implied probability in Nebraska's deep-red Senate race. Recent partisan-sponsored polls from Impact Research and Change Research, both backing independent challenger Dan Osborn, show Ricketts leading narrowly 48%-47% and 46%-45%, yet traders discount these amid Osborn's prior narrow 2024 loss to Sen. Deb Fischer and Nebraska's lack of an independent senator since 1943. Democrats, with low-profile primary contenders Cindy Burbank and William Forbes recently cleared for ballots by court order, languish at 4.3% amid negligible fundraising and party hesitance. Primaries on May 12 could consolidate fields ahead of the November 3 general.
This market will resolve according to the winner of the 2026 midterm Nebraska U.S. Senate election, inclusive of any run-offs.
A candidate shall be considered to represent a party in the event that he or she is the nominee of the party in question. Candidates other than the Democratic or Republican nominee (e.g., Greens, Libertarian, independent) may be added at a later date.
Candidates who run as independents will not be encompassed by the “Democrat” or “Republican” options regardless of any affiliation they may have with the party.
The resolution source for this market is the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources call the race for the same candidate. If all three sources haven’t called the race in this state for the same candidate, this market will resolve based on the official certification.
A candidate shall be considered to represent a party in the event that he or she is the nominee of the party in question. Candidates other than the Democratic or Republican nominee (e.g., Greens, Libertarian, independent) may be added at a later date.
Candidates who run as independents will not be encompassed by the “Democrat” or “Republican” options regardless of any affiliation they may have with the party.
The resolution source for this market is the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources call the race for the same candidate. If all three sources haven’t called the race in this state for the same candidate, this market will resolve based on the official certification.
Market Opened: Oct 13, 2025, 4:48 PM ET
Volume
$89,795End Date
Nov 3, 2026Market Opened
Oct 13, 2025, 4:48 PM ETResolver
0x2F5e3684c...This market will resolve according to the winner of the 2026 midterm Nebraska U.S. Senate election, inclusive of any run-offs.
A candidate shall be considered to represent a party in the event that he or she is the nominee of the party in question. Candidates other than the Democratic or Republican nominee (e.g., Greens, Libertarian, independent) may be added at a later date.
Candidates who run as independents will not be encompassed by the “Democrat” or “Republican” options regardless of any affiliation they may have with the party.
The resolution source for this market is the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources call the race for the same candidate. If all three sources haven’t called the race in this state for the same candidate, this market will resolve based on the official certification.Incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R), a popular former governor who won his 2024 special election by 25 points, anchors trader consensus favoring a Republican victory at 75% implied probability in Nebraska's deep-red Senate race. Recent partisan-sponsored polls from Impact Research and Change Research, both backing independent challenger Dan Osborn, show Ricketts leading narrowly 48%-47% and 46%-45%, yet traders discount these amid Osborn's prior narrow 2024 loss to Sen. Deb Fischer and Nebraska's lack of an independent senator since 1943. Democrats, with low-profile primary contenders Cindy Burbank and William Forbes recently cleared for ballots by court order, languish at 4.3% amid negligible fundraising and party hesitance. Primaries on May 12 could consolidate fields ahead of the November 3 general.
This market will resolve according to the winner of the 2026 midterm Nebraska U.S. Senate election, inclusive of any run-offs.
A candidate shall be considered to represent a party in the event that he or she is the nominee of the party in question. Candidates other than the Democratic or Republican nominee (e.g., Greens, Libertarian, independent) may be added at a later date.
Candidates who run as independents will not be encompassed by the “Democrat” or “Republican” options regardless of any affiliation they may have with the party.
The resolution source for this market is the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources call the race for the same candidate. If all three sources haven’t called the race in this state for the same candidate, this market will resolve based on the official certification.
A candidate shall be considered to represent a party in the event that he or she is the nominee of the party in question. Candidates other than the Democratic or Republican nominee (e.g., Greens, Libertarian, independent) may be added at a later date.
Candidates who run as independents will not be encompassed by the “Democrat” or “Republican” options regardless of any affiliation they may have with the party.
The resolution source for this market is the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources call the race for the same candidate. If all three sources haven’t called the race in this state for the same candidate, this market will resolve based on the official certification.
Volume
$89,795End Date
Nov 3, 2026Market Opened
Oct 13, 2025, 4:48 PM ETResolver
0x2F5e3684c...Incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R), a popular former governor who won his 2024 special election by 25 points, anchors trader consensus favoring a Republican victory at 75% implied probability in Nebraska's deep-red Senate race. Recent partisan-sponsored polls from Impact Research and Change Research, both backing independent challenger Dan Osborn, show Ricketts leading narrowly 48%-47% and 46%-45%, yet traders discount these amid Osborn's prior narrow 2024 loss to Sen. Deb Fischer and Nebraska's lack of an independent senator since 1943. Democrats, with low-profile primary contenders Cindy Burbank and William Forbes recently cleared for ballots by court order, languish at 4.3% amid negligible fundraising and party hesitance. Primaries on May 12 could consolidate fields ahead of the November 3 general.
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