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Tue Oct 1, 2024, 06:18 AM Oct 1

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Independent Shakes Up Nebraska Senate Race

October 1, 2024 at 6:59 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 9 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/01/independent-shakes-up-nebraska-senate-race/

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“A seemingly non-competitive Senate race in deeply Republican Nebraska is no longer a safe bet for two-term incumbent Sen. Deb Fischer — the dynamics jolted by the late-stage insurgence of independent Dan Osborn, who, if successful, could be the deciding factor on which party has control of the chamber, where Democrats currently hold a razor-thin 51-49 majority,” ABC News reports.

Said Osborn: “I hate to call it like I’m trying to call a Nebraska football game, but I would say I’m gonna win pretty substantially. People are ready for a change. People are sick of the status quo,”

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