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This profile of Nebraska's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Ben Nelson, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Nebraska congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Ben Nelson
Incumbent running?	No
Primary challenge?	N/a

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Ben Nelson	Democratic	Out of race	Source	December 27, 2011	Announced his retirement on Dec. 27th.
Jon Bruning	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	November 5, 2010	Nebraska Attorney General
Dave Heineman	Republican	Out of race	Source	November 5, 2010	Nebraska Gov.
Deb Fischer	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 18, 2011	Current state rep.
Pat Flynn	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	November 19, 2010	Investment advisor
Spencer Zimmerman	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 18, 2011	Truck driver, author, veteran
Don Stenberg	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 18, 2011	State treasurer
Bob Kerrey	Democratic	Potential candidate	Source	December 27, 2011	Democratic Party officials said they were reaching out to Bob Kerrey to run.

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Ben Nelson

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Ben Nelson	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Pete Ricketts	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Ben Nelson, Pete Ricketts
General election winner:	Ben Nelson

Nebraska congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Ben Nelson's district offices
287 Denny Federal Building, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508 402-441-4600 (Phone) (Fax) 7602 Pacific Street, Suite 205, Omaha, NE 68114 402-391-3411 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Nebraska congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=NE-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/NE-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/NE-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/NE-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=NE-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/NE-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/NE-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/NE-Sen

External articles

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