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RARE PHOTOS: Dan osborn - The Real Truth

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 Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari The courts have not been Democrats’ friend when it comes to the redistricting…

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South Dakota Democratic nominee exits Senate race, bolstering independent rival

The Democratic Senate nominee in South Dakota ended his campaign Tuesday following calls from party activists to exit the race and leave independent Brian Bengs as the main competitor against Republican Sen. Mike Rounds. Julian Beaudion, a former state trooper, cited “extraordinary personal challenges,” including a house fire, financial struggles…

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Idaho Democrat is latest Senate nominee to drop out in boost to independent rival

The Democratic Senate nominee in Idaho has dropped out of the race, clearing a path for an independent candidate to take on the Republican incumbent and following a playbook used by Democrats in other ruby-red states. “After much consideration and many conversations with my family and my supporters, I have…

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Nebraska set to have a second straight U.S. Senate election without both major parties on the ballot

Nebraska's U.S. Senate general election will not feature a Democrat after nominee Cindy Burbank (D) withdrew on July 17 — the 17th regular or special U.S. Senate election we identified since 2000 with no Democratic candidate, compared to four with no Republican candidate. Two of those elections with no Republican…

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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‘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

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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.

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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

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