Candidate · November 3, 2026
Dan Osborn
On the ballot for U.S. Senate · Nebraska
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $11M
- cash on hand
- $2.0M
- issues with public statements
- 28
- outside spending for or against
- $35M
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. Senate · Nebraska1 |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | By Petition1 |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Dan Osborn served four years in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Constellation and later served in the Nebraska Army National Guard and the Tennessee National Guard.2 He began working as an industrial mechanic at the Kellogg's plant in Omaha in 2004, became president of his union local, BCTGM 50G, and led a 2021 strike at the plant.2 He now works in the steamfitting and plumbing industry.3 He graduated from Roncalli Catholic High School in 1994 and lives in Omaha.2
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running because no institution in America needs fixing more than the U.S. Senate, and because working people deserve a seat at the table there.4,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteosbornforsenate.com4,
6 - Facebookfacebook.com/osbornforne4
- Instagraminstagram.com/osbornforne4
- TikToktiktok.com/@osbornforne4
- X (Twitter)x.com/OsbornForNE4
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website says he would be a leading voice for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and supports the DISCLOSE Act, which it says would require nonprofit groups that now keep their donors private to report election spending over $10,000.7
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
His campaign website says members of Congress and the executive branch should be banned outright from trading individual stocks, and that he supports the HONEST Act, which would require members to sell their individual stock holdings.7
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
His campaign website says he supports term limits of two terms in the Senate and six terms in the House.7
- Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
- Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
- No term limits
His campaign website says every state should be required to have an independent redistricting commission of ordinary citizens, with maps approved by Democrats, Republicans and independents.7
- Have independent commissions, not lawmakers, draw district lines
- Let legislatures draw the lines, but only once a decade after the census
- Let legislatures draw and redraw the lines when they choose
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
His campaign website says he supports 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices.7
- Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
- Keep lifetime appointments
His campaign website says he would not support renewing FISA Section 702 without strict warrant protections for Americans.8
- Don't renew it, or replace it with much narrower authority
- Renew it, but require a warrant to search the collected records for Americans' communications
- Renew it without major changes
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says he supports a middle-class tax cut that lowers rates on wage income, paired with closing loopholes at the top.3
His campaign website says he supports making no tax on tips permanent and making no federal income tax on overtime permanent and applicable to all overtime hours.3
- Make the tax break permanent or expand it
- Keep it as passed, with its current limits and end date
- Let it end, or replace it with tax relief not tied to tips or overtime
His campaign website says he will not vote for spending the country cannot afford and wants to see how every bill is paid for.9
His campaign website says he would push for a national audit of federal spending and increase penalties for people who steal from taxpayers.9
Economy, Jobs and Trade
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says AI companies should pay for the power their data centers use rather than passing the cost to households, and that tax breaks and subsidies for data centers should end.3,
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website says he supports strong consumer privacy protections to stop companies from using people's personal data to charge them more.3
His campaign website says he would promote rural broadband.10
Social Security and Medicare
His campaign website says he will never vote to raise the retirement age.3
- Raise the full retirement age
- Keep it at 67
His campaign website says he will never vote to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits.3
His campaign website says the cap on income subject to the Social Security tax should be raised or eliminated so high earners pay the same rate as everyone else.3
Health Care
His campaign website says he will fight to restore funding for rural hospitals hurt by federal Medicaid cuts and will support Medicaid's home-care waivers for seniors and people with disabilities.3
Veterans
His campaign website says he supports the Major Richard Star Act to end the offset between retirement pay and VA disability pay for veterans medically retired because of combat injuries.3
- Let all military retirees with service-connected disabilities collect both payments in full
- Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
- Keep current rules, which already pay both in full to some retirees, such as those with 20 or more years of service and a disability rating of at least 50%
His campaign website opposes privatizing VA health care and says he will work to protect and strengthen the VA.3
- Let veterans choose private doctors at the VA's expense whenever they prefer
- Write wait-time and drive-time limits into law, so veterans can use private care when the VA can't meet them
- Expand the VA's own hospitals and clinics, using private care mainly when the VA can't provide it
Crime, Policing and Prisons
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says he is personally pro-life but believes the government should not make health decisions for people, which belong to patients and their doctors.8
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says he would cut off aid to Israel until it stops what the site calls aggression against Gaza and its neighbors.11
His campaign website says the war in Iran should end.11
Infrastructure and Transportation
His campaign website says he would work to connect Nebraska further to the national Amtrak system.11
Agriculture and Rural Life
His campaign website says he supports year-round E15 as an alternative market for Nebraska farmers.10
- Expand biofuel use, such as by allowing E15 sales all year
- Keep the current requirements
- Lower the requirements or end the Renewable Fuel Standard
His campaign website says countries such as China and Brazil should be banned from buying Nebraska farmland.10
His campaign website says crop insurance subsidies favor large farms and should be adjusted, through the agents' commission formula, so small farms have the same opportunities.10
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.12
| Raised | $11,029,845 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $9,139,828 |
| Cash on hand | $1,953,183 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $24,966 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $10,118,216 supporting and $24,537,972 opposing Dan Osborn this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 26, 2026.13
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS | — | $10,825,942 |
| CORNHUSKER MAJORITY | — | $6,947,016 |
| WORKING CLASS MAJORITY PAC, INC | $6,044,019 | — |
| SLF PAC | — | $4,578,069 |
| Win it Back PAC | — | $2,059,628 |
| The Edge Action Fund (SuperPAC) | $1,361,250 | — |
| Lower Costs Now | $713,829 | — |
| UNITED FUTURES PAC | $672,261 | — |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
Senate candidates and senators file with the Senate's own disclosure system, which asks each visitor to agree to its terms before searching, so we can't link straight to a filing. You can search for Dan Osborn at efdsearch.senate.gov14.