Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer is elected to a third US Senate term
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer won reelection Tuesday to a third term in the U.S. Senate, besting challenger Dan Osborn, a former labor union boss and military veteran who gained traction during the race by rejecting both major political parties to run as an independent.
Fischer won her previous elections by wide margins in the conservative state. But she faced her toughest challenge yet in Osborn, a working-class industrial mechanic and veteran of the U.S. Navy and Nebraska Army National Guard.
The close race was unfamiliar territory for Fischer in a state where Republicans hold all statewide offices. Fischer not only had to deflect criticism from her challenger, but from her own party, too. The state GOP, whose leadership was taken over by those loyal to former President Donald Trump, endorsed primary challengers to all five of the Republicans who represent Nebraska in Congress, including Fischer.
Much of Osborn’s appeal came from his blue-collar background. He gained a name for himself in 2021 by successfully leading a strike at the Kellogg’s cereal plant in Omaha to gain higher wages and other benefits for roughly 1,400 workers following a year in which the company saw soaring revenue.
