For those readers who are dissatisfied both major American political parties and rooted for the independents in the 2024 Campaign, here’s a bit of good news.
Dan Osborn, the independent Senate candidate who nearly toppled an incumbent Republican last year, is taking steps to prove his overperformance in deep-red Nebraska was no fluke.
On Thursday he announced the formation of an exploratory committee, setting him on a potential collision course with one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, Republican Pete Ricketts — something Osborn said amplified the “illness” of the uber wealthy influencing politics.
“Billionaires have bought up the country and are carving it up day by day. The economy they’ve built is good for them, bad for us,” Osborn said in a post on X. [Politico]
Osborn came up short by less than seven points, which is not as close as the Politico article artlessly implied. Still, Senator Ricketts may be quite vulnerable in a year and a half.
It’ll be a race worth watching.
