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How Pete Ricketts ended the independent experiment in Nebraska’s US Senate race

States Newsroom · November 10, 2026

LINCOLN — One year ago in a Lincoln bar , Dan Osborn and his campaign manager said Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts would be a better fit as the opponent for their prairie populism pitch than U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer because they would be able to paint Ricketts as “an elite” who doesn’t care about the common person…

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How Pete Ricketts ended the independent experiment in Nebraska’s US Senate race

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