Nebraska's Dan Osborn statistically tied with U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts in poll [View all]

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Former labor leader Osborn exploring bid against former governor Ricketts in the 2026 midterms

By: Juan Salinas II - April 10, 2025 3:02 pm

LINCOLN — Former Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn is statistically tied with U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., in a new poll for a potential second run, according to Osborn’s exploratory committee.

The poll of 524 likely midterm Nebraska voters shows Osborn trailing Ricketts by one percentage point, 45% to 46%, well within the survey’s 4.6 percentage point margin of error.

This comes after Osborn’s populist nonpartisan bid against U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., made national headlines in 2024 for turning an expected safe seat into a potential upset. He raised $14 million and forced national Republicans to spend money in a reliably red state.

“This poll is encouraging and matches the frustration I hear every day from people across Nebraska,” Osborn said in a statement. “People are pissed off. They should be. Billionaires like Pete Ricketts and Elon Musk are taking a chainsaw to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, slashing jobs for 80,000 veterans.”

FULL story: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/10/nebraskas-dan-osborn-statistically-tied-with-u-s-sen-pete-ricketts-in-poll/


Former and possibly future U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn of Omaha speaks to the crowd gathered at Memorial Park in Omaha on April 5, 2025, to protest the government spending cuts and other actions by the Trump administration. (Courtesy of Lucy Mason/The Gateway)