Osborn said he would take on Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska) as an independent in a race that has already gotten President Donald Trump’s attention.

Former independent US Senate candidate Dan Osborn announced Tuesday that he will make another run for office next year, this time against GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska.

Independent candidate Dan Osborn officially entered Nebraska's Senate race on Tuesday, setting up an election that Democrats hope will become competitive ahead of the midterms next November.Newsweek reached out to Osborn and incumbent Senator Pete Ricketts,

Dan Osborn, the independent who ran against Deb Fischer in the 2024 General Election announced Tuesday morning that he will run for Senate in the 2026 midterm election. A new report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s National Drought Mitigation Center states worsening drought is impacting areas worldwide-- and Nebraska isn’t immune.

On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Osborn, an independent in the 2024 race against Sen. Deb Fischer, will now run against Sen. Pete Ricketts in the 2026 election. Osborn received 436,493 votes in the race against Fischer. He was a political upstart in that race, submitting around 12,500 signatures to appear on the ballot.

Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic who lost a Senate bid against Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) by single digits last year, is launching another bid for the upper chamber — this time for Sen. Pete

"It's the CEO versus the mechanic," said Dan Osborn, former labor leader and U.S. Senate candidate, as he launched a challenge against Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska on Tuesday.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who has served five terms in the lower chamber representing Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, is expected to make a formal announcement on Monday.

Independent populist Dan Osborn, whose insurgent Senate campaign seriously threatened one of Nebraska’s Republicans from securing a third term last year, is now taking on GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts — one of the wealthiest members of Congress.