Nebraska's Dan Osborn exploring midterm bid against U.S. Sen Pete Ricketts
Source: Nebraska Examiner
Banking on labor populist style of politics to break decade-long Nebraska GOP hold on Congress
By: Juan Salinas II - April 3, 2025 8:31 am
LINCOLN – Former Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn decided Thursday to explore another run for the Senate, this time against Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts in the midterms.
The former Omaha labor leader’s announcement of a second possible Senate run comes after his populist bid against U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., in 2024 made national headlines for turning an expected safe race into a potential upset. He attracted an extraordinary fundraising haul for a nonpartisan federal candidate in Nebraska of $14 million, including some late money from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee once they saw his momentum. He lost by about six percentage points.
Osborn told the Nebraska Examiner last month that he had expanded his scope for his next political office run last month after initially thinking about running against Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon in the Omaha-based 2nd District or running for governor against GOP Gov. Jim Pillen.
The steamfitter who made his name by leading the Kellogg’s strike in Omaha in 2021 and made waves by choosing to pay himself in 2024 with campaign funds chose the race that offered the clearest contrast.
Nebraska nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks during a 2024 rally at a union hall talking about how he will fight to preserve Social Security. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/03/nebraskas-dan-osborn-exploring-midterm-bid-against-u-s-sen-pete-ricketts/
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