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Nebraska independent Dan Osborn, who waged a competitive bid for Senate in 2024, will challenge Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts next year.
Osborn said he would take on Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska) as an independent in a race that has already gotten President Donald Trump’s attention.
Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan election analyst from the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, is shifting its rating of Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts’s (R) seat from “safe
An independent who gave Republicans a scare last year trying to unseat an incumbent senator in a red state is launching another effort to unseat a GOP senator.
Don’t look now, but Democrats are suddenly full of optimism about their prospects … in Nebraska.
Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic who lost a Senate bid against Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) by single digits last year, is launching another bid for the upper chamber — this time for Sen. Pete
The petition campaign to eliminate Nebraska taxes on property, income, inheritances and corporations is returning for the 2026 election, hoping to capitalize on recent legislative failures and rising property valuations.
Nebraska’s state education commissioner officially jumped Thursday into the 2026 race for a vacant seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Commissioner Brian Maher of Lincoln,
Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon announces retirement from Congress after representing a swing district since 2017, joining Sen. Thom Tillis in not seeking re-election.
Nebraskans voted to cement an abortion ban beyond the first trimester into the state constitution, the number of abortions performed in Nebraska rose.
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon is expected to announce Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2026. The news broke Friday evening, with reports coming from several media outlets such as The New York Times , Politico , CNN, and NOTUS.