US Sen. Deb Fischer's (NE-R) race with Dan Osborn dubbed the election year's 'most surprising'

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Dan Crisler 1 hr ago

For more than a decade, Republicans have held Nebraska’s two U.S. Senate seats.

Independent candidate Dan Osborn believes he can break the grip. Osborn, a 49-year-old former labor leader who has never held political office, says there are signs Nebraskans “are ready for a change.” But U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, the Republican incumbent who won her last race with 58% of the vote, said she isn’t fazed, pointing to polling in her prior races that underestimated her as well as her campaign’s widespread door knocking efforts.

Even the possibility that someone could knock out an incumbent in red Nebraska has national politics watchers taking notice. Right now, Democrats control the U.S. Senate but face a tough election map to hold on to that power.

Late last month, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report changed its rating of the Nebraska race from “solid Republican” to “likely Republican.” By contrast, it rates the Nebraska race between Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts and Democrat Preston Love Jr. “solid Republican.”

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