Osborn said he would challenge Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska) as an independent in a race that has already gotten President Donald Trump’s attention.

Dan Osborn is planning to announce Tuesday morning that he will challenge Sen. Pete Ricketts in the 2026 midterm election.

Independent Dan Osborn announced another bid to represent Nebraska in the Senate on Tuesday, challenging GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts after his loss in an unexpectedly competitive race against a Republican incumbent last year.

Independent Dan Osborn announced another run for Senate in Nebraska on Tuesday. Earlier this year, Osborn formed an exploratory committee to run against sitting Sen. Pete Ricketts. Osborn lost against Republican Deb Fischer in the November election with 46% of the vote.

"It's the CEO versus the mechanic," said Dan Osborn, former labor leader and U.S. Senate candidate, as he launched a challenge against Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska on Tuesday.

As more candidates jump into the Nebraska District 2 Congressional race, the state's political parties see a chance to re-energize their bases and reassert their influence. In a one-on-one interview,

Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic who lost a Senate bid as an independent against Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) by single digits last year, is launching another bid for the upper chamber – this time

Former Nebraska senator Brett Lindstrom is kicking off his campaign for the state’s 2nd Congressional District seat.

Brett Lindstrom, a former state lawmaker and financial adviser, is running to represent Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District and succeed Rep. Don Bacon.