Dan Osborn

Spent supporting them · $9,236,682

Outside money spent to support them (super-PAC independent expenditures) plus direct contributions to their campaign. Money others spent on their behalf.

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  Retire Career Politicians, the main pro-Osborn super PAC, spent $9,236,682 in independent expenditures supporting Dan Osborn (and $7,142,158 targeting incumbent Deb Fischer) in the 2024 Nebraska U.S. Senate race; the PAC raised roughly $18.5 million that cycle largely to boost Osborn. Retire Career Politicians

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  $9,236,682
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  Retire Career Politicians, the main pro-Osborn super PAC, spent $9,236,682 in independent expenditures supporting Dan Osborn (and $7,142,158 targeting incumbent Deb Fischer) in the 2024 Nebraska U.S. Senate race; the PAC raised roughly $18.5 million that cycle largely to boost Osborn. Retire Career Politicians

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  $9,236,682

Spent against them

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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Osborn served as president of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union Local 50G in Omaha, where he led the 77-day 2021 nationwide Kellogg's strike that defeated the company's two-tier wage system; the international BCTGM union endorsed his Senate campaign in April 2026. BCTGM Local 50G

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  Osborn served as president of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union Local 50G in Omaha, where he led the 77-day 2021 nationwide Kellogg's strike that defeated the company's two-tier wage system; the international BCTGM union endorsed his Senate campaign in April 2026. BCTGM Local 50G

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  Osborn worked as an industrial mechanic at the Kellogg's (now Kellanova) cereal plant in Omaha for roughly 18 years starting in 2004; Kellogg terminated him after he led the 2021 strike as his BCTGM local's president. Kellogg Company

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  Osborn worked as an industrial mechanic at the Kellogg's (now Kellanova) cereal plant in Omaha for roughly 18 years starting in 2004; Kellogg terminated him after he led the 2021 strike as his BCTGM local's president. Kellogg Company

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  After being fired by Kellogg, Osborn did boiler-maintenance work and became a steamfitter, joining Steamfitters and Plumbers Local 464 (United Association) in Omaha -- the union trade he still identifies with on the campaign trail. Steamfitters and Plumbers Local 464 (United Association)

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  After being fired by Kellogg, Osborn did boiler-maintenance work and became a steamfitter, joining Steamfitters and Plumbers Local 464 (United Association) in Omaha -- the union trade he still identifies with on the campaign trail. Steamfitters and Plumbers Local 464 (United Association)

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  The United Auto Workers, led by President Shawn Fain, endorsed independent Dan Osborn in the Nebraska U.S. Senate race in early 2026, one of 23-plus labor unions backing his campaign. United Auto Workers

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  The United Auto Workers, led by President Shawn Fain, endorsed independent Dan Osborn in the Nebraska U.S. Senate race in early 2026, one of 23-plus labor unions backing his campaign. United Auto Workers

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  End Citizens United, the anti-corporate-money campaign-finance group, endorsed Dan Osborn for Senate on March 4, 2026, and campaigned alongside him at Nebraska town halls spotlighting his refusal of corporate PAC money and his call to overturn the Citizens United ruling. End Citizens United

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  End Citizens United, the anti-corporate-money campaign-finance group, endorsed Dan Osborn for Senate on March 4, 2026, and campaigned alongside him at Nebraska town halls spotlighting his refusal of corporate PAC money and his call to overturn the Citizens United ruling. End Citizens United

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  After his 2024 loss, Osborn founded Working Class Heroes, a political action committee dedicated to electing working-class and blue-collar candidates nationwide, as he weighed and then launched his 2026 rematch. Working Class Heroes

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  After his 2024 loss, Osborn founded Working Class Heroes, a political action committee dedicated to electing working-class and blue-collar candidates nationwide, as he weighed and then launched his 2026 rematch. Working Class Heroes

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  Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts -- former Nebraska governor, appointed to the seat in 2023, and heir to the TD Ameritrade fortune -- is Osborn's 2026 opponent; Ricketts had about $13.4 million available to spend and his family gave a combined $28.9 million in the 2024 cycle, vastly outresourcing Osborn. Pete Ricketts

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  Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts -- former Nebraska governor, appointed to the seat in 2023, and heir to the TD Ameritrade fortune -- is Osborn's 2026 opponent; Ricketts had about $13.4 million available to spend and his family gave a combined $28.9 million in the 2024 cycle, vastly outresourcing Osborn. Pete Ricketts

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  Republican U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer was Osborn's 2024 opponent; she defeated him 53% to 47% (499,124 to 436,493 votes) in a race far closer than expected for deep-red Nebraska. Deb Fischer

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  Republican U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer was Osborn's 2024 opponent; she defeated him 53% to 47% (499,124 to 436,493 votes) in a race far closer than expected for deep-red Nebraska. Deb Fischer

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  Cindy Burbank won the May 2026 Nebraska Democratic Senate primary (89.5% over William Forbes) but pledged to drop out and back Osborn, helping clear the field for a one-on-one Osborn-Ricketts general election. Cindy Burbank

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  Cindy Burbank won the May 2026 Nebraska Democratic Senate primary (89.5% over William Forbes) but pledged to drop out and back Osborn, helping clear the field for a one-on-one Osborn-Ricketts general election. Cindy Burbank

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  The Nebraska Democratic Party cleared the field for Osborn, declining to field its own candidate in both 2024 and 2026 to enable a head-to-head independent-vs-Republican matchup, though the national Democratic Party did not formally support him. Nebraska Democratic Party

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  The Nebraska Democratic Party cleared the field for Osborn, declining to field its own candidate in both 2024 and 2026 to enable a head-to-head independent-vs-Republican matchup, though the national Democratic Party did not formally support him. Nebraska Democratic Party

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  Independent labor-leader challenger facing Ricketts in the November 2026 general election; Osborn frames the contest as 'the billionaire versus the mechanic' after narrowly losing to Sen. Deb Fischer in 2024. Pete Ricketts

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  Independent labor-leader challenger facing Ricketts in the November 2026 general election; Osborn frames the contest as 'the billionaire versus the mechanic' after narrowly losing to Sen. Deb Fischer in 2024. Pete Ricketts

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