Complaints about U.S. Senate candidates who hinted at helping Osborn sent to Nebraska AG
Source: Nebraska Examiner
By: Juan Salinas II - May 29, 2026 5:30 am
LINCOLN — A former Republican state lawmaker and an unsuccessful GOP candidate for Legislature sent complaints this week to Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers asking him to look into the U.S. Senate candidacies of Democrat Cindy Burbank and Legal Marijuana NOW nominee Mike Marvin over allegations that neither of them intends to serve.
The complaints, obtained by the Examiner and verified by the people filing them, allege that Marvin and Burbank aren’t “good faith” candidates under a requirement in state law that candidates who run actually seek the office sought, and that the two targeted candidates opposing Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts made “false” statements under “oath or affirmation” when they filed to run.
The requests argue separately that the candidates may have broken Nebraska law related to election falsification, perjury or encouraging perjury or making a false sworn statement. The complaint about Marvin comes from Derek Schwartz, who ran unsuccessfully this spring for the Nebraska Legislature in District 18. The complaint about Burbank came from Lydia Brasch, a former state senator from West Point, Nebraska, who served from 2011 to 2019.
“I believe election integrity in Nebraska, not just this cycle, but in all cycles going forward is a paramount priority, and that manipulation of Nebraska’s election laws through strategic withdrawals and bad-faith candidacies is an unlawful practice that authorities should take steps to stop,” Brasch wrote in her complaint.
An early voting ballot box at the Lancaster County Election Commission office on April 24, 2026. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)
Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/05/29/complaints-about-u-s-senate-candidates-who-hinted-at-helping-osborn-sent-to-nebraska-ag/
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