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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe led a strike at Kellogg's. Now he's aiming for a Nebraska Senate seat
There is no D candidate for this race. I am not supporting Dan over a D. Look for an endorsement by the party after the primary.
https://nebraskademocrats.org/2024candidates/
Dan Osborn is challenging incumbent Deb Fischer in a long shot bid to prove the state still has an independent spirit
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada these are the swing states most pundits expect will decide the 2024 election. No one has deep red Nebraska on that list. But a 48-year-old pipefitter and union organizer from Omaha is hoping to change that.
Three years ago, Dan Osborn led the Nebraska leg of a US-wide strike against cereal giant Kelloggs as the company pushed for concessions in a new union contract despite posting record profits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Now hes taking on Deb Fischer, a Republican senator, who is running for her third US Senate term in a state that hasnt elected a Democrat to the Senate in 18 years. Osborn is running as an independent and says he hasnt yet decided who will get his vote come November but his pro-labor, pro-choice views are unlikely to sit well with conservative Republicans.
This from the beginning was considered a long shot, said Osborn. Ive enjoyed proving people wrong from the very beginning of this and I look forward to continue proving people wrong, that this isnt impossible. I want to show that Nebraska has an independent spirit.
FULL story here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/29/dan-osborn-nebraska-senate-elections
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He led a strike at Kellogg's. Now he's aiming for a Nebraska Senate seat (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 29
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BoRaGard
(222 posts)1. She's a Republican, that's for sure
BoRaGard
(222 posts)2. Is Fischer on board with the "The Big Lie" republicans are sleeping with this year?
If so, and it seems likely, and if I were running for her seat,
then I would HAMMER that every day, and every night.
Fischer is in bed with THE BIG FAT STINKING LIE.
Why?
Make her defend it. With facts.
Are you going to vote for someone who will lie to your face?
Someone who does not respect you.
Someone who wants to sucker you by lying to you?
Are you ok with being a sucker?
Day and night for the next six months.
Omaha Steve
(99,908 posts)4. Well said
Omaha Steve
(99,908 posts)3. Thanks for posting that