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Omaha Steve

(103,443 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:59 PM Apr 2024

He 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 Kellogg’s as the company pushed for concessions in a new union contract despite posting record profits during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Now he’s taking on Deb Fischer, a Republican senator, who is running for her third US Senate term in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in 18 years. Osborn is running as an independent and says he hasn’t 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. “I’ve enjoyed proving people wrong from the very beginning of this and I look forward to continue proving people wrong, that this isn’t 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 2024 OP
In my not too distant past BOSSHOG Apr 2024 #1

BOSSHOG

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1. In my not too distant past
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 09:11 PM
Apr 2024

My favorite watering hole was a nice lil bar and grill on the water in South Louisiana. It was frequented by a nice mix of retired military and union pipe fitters. What a dynamic combination. I would want those pipe fitters on my side in any circumstance. I’d vote for Osborn in a heart beat.

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