Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer is elected to a third US Senate term

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer won reelection Tuesday to a third term in the U.S. Senate, besting challenger Dan Osborn, a former labor union boss and military veteran who gained traction during the race by rejecting both major parties to run as an independent. ...

Republican Deb Fischer wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Nebraska

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Deb Fischer wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Nebraska.

AP Race Call: Republican Deb Fischer wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Nebraska

Republican Sen. Deb Fischer won a third term to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. Fischer won her previous two elections by wide margins in the deep-red state. But she faced her toughest challenge yet in political newcomer Dan Osborn, a mechanical engineer who appealed to voters by eschewing the...

This independent candidate is worrying Republicans in deep-red Nebraska's Senate race

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — In the back room of a brewery in southeastern Nebraska, more than three dozen people crowded together this summer to hear from Dan Osborn, a former cereal plant worker and independent running for U.S. Senate. The standing-room-only crowd in the small town of...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nebraska on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska votes solidly Republican in statewide elections, but will nonetheless be closely watched in the presidential race on Election Day. The reason? It's one of two states — Maine is the other — that doesn’t award all of its Electoral College votes to the winner of the...