Dan Osborne is running as an independent for this Likely Republican seat. He had a strong showing in the last cycle, only losing by 6 points. The Democratic primary winner, Cindy Burbank, has promised to withdraw from the general election. Indeed, she only ran because Republicans tried to field their own stealth candidate in the Democratic primary. The Nebraska state Democratic party has endorsed Dan Osborn.
Osborn is well positioned to run against the millionaire incumbent, Pete Ricketts. He is a Navy man, a Nebraska National Guardsman, an industrial mechanic, a union leader, a husband, and a father. Pete Ricketts was appointed to the Senate, and his net worth is estimated at 206 million dollars, stemming from his family’s founding of Ameritrade.