Interview: Can a Labor-Backed Candidate in Nebraska Inspire More Working-Class Independents?
I donated to, worked for, and voted for Dan! There was no D in the race.
Dan Osborn’s independent U.S. Senate run in Nebraska came closer to winning than anyone expected.
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2025/01/interview-can-labor-backed-candidate-nebraska-inspire-more-working-class-independents
While running for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, working class candidate Dan Osborn characterized the Senate as “a country club of millionaires that work for billionaires.”
In November, he almost crashed their party.
Osborn, a 49-year old former local union president who helped lead a multi-state strike against Kellogg’s cereal company, was recruited by railroad workers to challenge two-term incumbent Senator Deb Fischer, a Republican. Rail is a major industry in Nebraska, and Fischer had voted to break the 2022 national railroad strike. She also opposed the Railway Safety Act.
Osborn’s labor-backed independent campaign was, for many months, ignored by the mainstream press and even progressive media outlets (though we covered it).
FULL story at link above.