Dan Osborn

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Dan Osborn

Independent U.S. Senate candidate (NE); union mechanic who led the 2021 Kellogg's strike

FEC receipts · 2024–2026 cycles

$18,985,642 raised

Influence graph
Individual 95%
PAC 2%
Other

Where the $18,985,642 raised came from · FEC · 2024–2026 cycle

$18,985,642
Raised
FEC receipts · 2024–2026 cycle
$438,512
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2024–2026 cycles
$13,264,270
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 17 sources
$8,799,191
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 3 edges

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Not employed / self$2,931,229
  • Other / unclassified$1,719,808
  • Retired$688,496
  • Lawyers & law firms$541,733
  • Securities & investment$339,014
  • Tech$292,602
  • TV, movies & music$278,339
  • Education$262,831

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • SELF$636,891
  • UNEMPLOYED$207,552
  • NO EMPLOYER$48,047
  • GOOGLE$29,824
  • N/A$25,840
  • HARVARD UNIVERSITY$19,000
  • YALE UNIVERSITY$16,400
  • NA$16,150
  • BERKSHIRE PARTNERS$13,200
  • CUNY$10,670

Top connections · 31 total

People4
Organizations6
PACs / committees21

Connections · explore all 31

Every sourced counterparty, one row each (edges to the same party are merged and show the largest documented amount). Search, filter by type or direction, and sort. Money figures are FEC-sourced where marked.

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Spent against them · $8,799,191

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

  • —
    ESAFund independent expenditures opposing Dan Osborn (FEC 2024) ESAFund
    source · fec
    $3,471,280
  • —
    Senate Leadership Fund independent expenditures opposing Dan Osborn (FEC 2024) Senate Leadership Fund
    source · fec
    $3,187,411
  • —
    Heartland Resurgence independent expenditures opposing Dan Osborn (FEC 2024) Heartland Resurgence
    source · fec
    $2,140,500
  • —
    Senate Leadership Fund independent expenditures opposing Dan Osborn (FEC 2026) Senate Leadership Fund
    source · fec
    $100,000
  • —
    The NRSC ran digital attack ads against Osborn, including a July 2025 ad (launched the day he announced his 2026 bid) claiming a social-media account tied to Osborn had liked explicit content, and a 2024 ad branding him a 'Democrat in sheep's clothing' -- part of a coordinated GOP effort to defeat him. National Republican Senatorial Committee
    source · news
  • —
    President Donald Trump endorsed Pete Ricketts in April 2025 and attacked Osborn on Truth Social, calling him a 'Radical Left Open Border Extremist,' throwing his weight against Osborn's 2026 independent Senate bid more than 18 months before Election Day. Donald Trump
    source · news

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