Dan Osborn submits signatures to challenge Ricketts on Nebraska's November ballot

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Nebraska Examiner

By: Juan Salinas II - June 11, 2026 11:58 am

LINCOLN — Registered nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn submitted signatures Thursday to get his name on the general election ballot this fall against Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts.

To be on the general election ballot as a nonpartisan, someone must submit 4,000 signatures from registered voters, including 750 in each of the state’s three congressional districts. Osborn said his campaign gathered roughly 12,500 signatures to give to the Secretary of State.

“We wanted to create a coalition in the state of Nebraska [that] has never seen before … under one umbrella with the idea and the truth that working class people deserve a seat at the table in the United States Senate,” Osborn said during a press conference at the Cornhusker Hotel Thursday morning.

Unlike in his 2024 bid against U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Osborn is a known commodity and in the crosshairs of national and state Republicans. Also, Nebraska Democrats are clearing the field for Osborn this time around.


Registered nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks in Lincoln on June 11, 2026. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)

Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/dan-osborn-submits-signatures-to-challenge-ricketts-on-nebraskas-november-ballot/

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Also, Nebraska Democrats are clearing the field for Osborn this time around.

[peppertree]

1. This might be it for Pete Rackets

[cloudythescribbler]

2. from your lips to God's ears

There are all kinds of maybe maybe Dem/Ind wins -- Iowa, TX, NE & a few others, in addition to the races primarily in question; hoping for a deep blue wave

it could happen

[peppertree]

3. +1

[Gaytano70]

7. Or, as I like to call him, P.ricketts.

😁

[Maru Kitteh]

4. He's got a chance on name recognition (or mis-recognition) alone.

Is he related to Dr. Tom?

[Omaha Steve]

5. He is not

It is spelled differently. He has no E at the end.

[Maru Kitteh]

6. I predict some older voters will still have the warm fuzzies tho

when they hear his name. If it’s only 1%, it’s still good.