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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 Articles and resources

Next election: 2012

Race status [edit race status]

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

Candidates [edit candidate list]
Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

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	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 27, 2012
Steve Lustgarten	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 25, 2012

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Results [edit election results]

2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
TBD	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

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Nebraska congressional districts and candidates.
• The full Senate 2012 elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External articles

Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "NE-Sen" (link)

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