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Four candidates are running in the general election for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska, including two who previously ran in 2024

Incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R), Cindy Burbank (D), Mike Marvin (Legal Marijuana Now Party), and Dan Osborn (Nonpartisan) are running in the general election for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska. Ricketts and Osborn lead in polling, noteworthy endorsements, fundraising, and media attention.

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Platner’s collapse doesn’t mean we should reject outsiders in politics

We don’t need fewer amateurs running for office. We need far more of them, recruited seriously

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Here’s how Democrats can still take the Senate even with Graham Platner on political life support in Maine

ANALYSIS: Every path to win back the Senate majority hinged on Democrats winning Maine. But, writes Eric Garcia, with greater difficulty, Democrats could still get to 51 seats

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Progressives are winning in American cities. Can they win rural voters too?

Democratic socialists need to do more than win in the big American cities. And they can, with the right message

The Guardian - US

Democrats run against "Epstein class"

Candidates are casting their messaging around Epstein’s associates and the unaccountable elite

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Democrats have fresh hope to win back Senate – could they really pull it off?

North Carolina, Ohio, Maine and Alaska are key targets for a party bullish after a bruising Republican primary in Texas

The Guardian - US

Democrats back Independents over own candidates in latest bid to beat Republicans

‘The Democratic Party’s brand is awful right now,’ said Dem strategist Josh Schwerin

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At the Races: Hitting the gas

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari As the Iran war continues to roil global oil markets, rising…

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Nebraska Democratic Senate primary winner says she’ll drop out to support independent in general election

Cindy Burbank, who bested an alleged Republican plant, plans to step aside for Dan Osborn in general election

The Guardian - US

Denise Powell leads in Democratic primary for crucial Nebraska ‘blue dot’ seat

Political activist Denise Powell clung to a narrow lead in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Nebraska’s open 2nd District after a contentious campaign that brought an influx of outside money and a blitz of increasingly negative attack ads to one of the nation’s most competitive House battlegrounds. With more than 51,000…

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Democrats look to flip Nebraska’s ‘blue dot’ as state holds primaries for House and Senate races

Candidates jostle to represent the second congressional district, and a Republican’s Senate seat looks ripe to flip

The Guardian - US

Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley files to run for reelection as an independent

Kiley's colleagues are confused by the move, with one saying they "hope to God he will" stay in the GOP conference.

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At the Races: The new Republican resisters - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including House votes and campaign launches.

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Nebraska’s Osborn says he’s better prepared for 2026 Senate run

Nebraska independent Dan Osborn is again challenging a Republican senator in the deep-red state. He may be in for a different race this time.

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The most vulnerable senators of 2026, a year out from Election Day - Roll Call

Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and Maine’s Susan Collins top CQ Roll Call's list of the most vulnerable senators of the 2026 midterm elections.

The Guardian - US

‘There’s an appetite for this brand of politics’: the independent politician making a bid for US Senate

Dan Osborn is challenging Republican incumbent Pete Ricketts in Nebraska to become a rare independent senator

Reason

How Sports Tickets Got So Expensive—Or Did They?

Plus: regulating college sports, forgiving baseball’s legends, and Happy Gilmore 2

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At the races: Summertime madness - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including redistricting and campaign launches.

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Dan Osborn bets on anti-establishment anger in a rematch against one of Congress’s wealthiest members

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Nebraska independent Dan Osborn makes another bid for Senate - Roll Call

Nebraska independent Dan Osborn, who waged a competitive bid for Senate in 2024, will challenge Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts next year.

The Guardian - US

A huge Democratic victory in Omaha offers a lesson for the party

The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should study the model he embraced

Roll Call

At the Races: House by the numbers - Roll Call

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. The deaths of two House Democrats early in the 119th Congress, combined with the Senate holding out on confirming…

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How the decline of personal political brands hurts Senate Democrats - Roll Call

It might be the end of personal political brands in congressional races, which could hurt Democratic chances of flipping the Senate in 2026.

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News flashes: Roll Call’s best photos of the year, Part 2 - Roll Call

2024 was packed with the presidential election and other major stories. Roll Call’s photojournalists share their best images of the year.

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The US needs more working-class political candidates

Union mechanic Dan Osborn’s independent campaign outperformed Kamala Harris by 14 points in Nebraska

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