Pete Ricketts’s Wealth Puts Class at the Center of Nebraska’s Senate Race NYT - Top Stories By: Emma Schartz 23 October 2026 at 02:04 In a year when the wealth of the rich soared while workers lost ground to inflation, class has become political, especially in the Nebraska Senate race. © David Robert Elliott for The New York TimesA campaign sign for the Senate candidate Dan Osborn adorns a stretch of farmland in Nebraska.