This independent candidate is worrying Republicans in deep-red Nebraska's Senate race
A former cereal plant worker running as an independent in deeply conservative Nebraska has emerged as a serious Senate challenger to two-term Republican Deb Fischer
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — In the back room of a brewery in southeastern Nebraska, more than three dozen people crowded together this summer to hear from Dan Osborn, a former cereal plant worker and independent running for U.S. Senate.
The standing-room-only crowd in the small town of Beatrice was larger than Osborn expected, but it stood out for more than its size. Those attending ranged from supporters of former President Donald Trump wearing “Make America Great Again” hats to voters firmly backing Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats.
Osborn’s message to all of them was that America’s two-party system has let them down.
“There’s nobody like me in the United States Senate,” he told the crowd. “Right now, the Senate is a country club of millionaires that work for billionaires.”
