Dan Osborn

Osborn ran as an independent candidate in the regular [[2024 United States Senate election in Nebraska]].<ref name="NYT18feb24">{{Cite news |last=Weisman |first=Jonathan |date=February 18, 2024 |title=A Union Leader in Nebraska Tries to Leap to the Senate on Labor's Strength |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/nebraska-union-senate-race.html |access-date=February 18, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> He drew attention for his unorthodox, [[Populism|populist]] platform and his unusually high level support as an independent in what is usually a [[Red states and blue states|strongly Republican state]]. Osborn's performance was the best ever for an independent candidate in a Nebraska US Senate race.

Osborn ran as an independent candidate in the regular [[2024 United States Senate election in Nebraska]].<ref name="NYT18feb24">{{Cite news |last=Weisman |first=Jonathan |date=February 18, 2024 |title=A Union Leader in Nebraska Tries to Leap to the Senate on Labor's Strength |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/nebraska-union-senate-race.html |access-date=February 18, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> He drew attention for his unorthodox, [[Populism|populist]] platform and his unusually high level support as an independent in what is usually a [[Red states and blue states|strongly Republican state]]. Osborn's performance was the best ever for an independent candidate in a Nebraska US Senate race.

In 2024, he established a non-profit to support working class candidates.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-02-16/la-pol-working-class-hero-candidates</ref><ref>https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/es/news/news-articles/dan-osborn-launches-political-action-committee-to-help-working-class-candidates/</ref>

In 2025, Osborn formed an [[exploratory committee]] for a possible run in the [[2026 United States Senate election in Nebraska]]. On July 8, 2025 Osborn announced that he would officially enter the race as an independent challenging incumbent U.S. Senator [[Pete Ricketts]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vakil |first1=Caroline |title=Dan Osborn launches independent Senate bid against Ricketts in Nebraska |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5389147-dan-osborn-independent-senate-bid-nebraska/ |access-date=July 8, 2025 |work=[[The Hill]] |date=July 8, 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/dan-osborn-nebraska-senate-00268026|title=Dan Osborn makes moves toward another Nebraska Senate run|date=April 3, 2025|website=POLITICO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/10/nebraskas-dan-osborn-statistically-tied-with-u-s-sen-pete-ricketts-in-poll/|title=Nebraska’s Dan Osborn statistically tied with U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts in poll • Nebraska Examiner|first=Juan Salinas|last=II|date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>

In 2025, Osborn formed an [[exploratory committee]] for a possible run in the [[2026 United States Senate election in Nebraska]]. On July 8, 2025 Osborn announced that he would officially enter the race as an independent challenging incumbent U.S. Senator [[Pete Ricketts]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vakil |first1=Caroline |title=Dan Osborn launches independent Senate bid against Ricketts in Nebraska |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5389147-dan-osborn-independent-senate-bid-nebraska/ |access-date=July 8, 2025 |work=[[The Hill]] |date=July 8, 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/dan-osborn-nebraska-senate-00268026|title=Dan Osborn makes moves toward another Nebraska Senate run|date=April 3, 2025|website=POLITICO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/10/nebraskas-dan-osborn-statistically-tied-with-u-s-sen-pete-ricketts-in-poll/|title=Nebraska’s Dan Osborn statistically tied with U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts in poll • Nebraska Examiner|first=Juan Salinas|last=II|date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>