Independent candidate Dan Osborn came about 63,000 votes short last year of unseating Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, losing Nebraska’s Senate race by fewer than 7 percentage points while President Donald Trump won the state by more than 20 points.
But next year, as another Nebraska Senate seat comes up for reelection, Osborn is once again considering a challenge — and he seems to think this race could end differently.
If Osborn runs this time, it’ll be against Sen. Pete Ricketts, the wealthy businessman and son of Joe Ricketts, who founded TD Ameritrade.