Nebraska State Fair will host US Senate debate between Osborn, Ricketts

The Nebraska State Fair is hosting a debate between nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn and U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts next month.

By: Juan Salinas II

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: August 4, 2026

Words: 393

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Fair is hosting a debate between registered nonpartisan U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn and incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts next month.

This is the first debate at the state fair in recent years, with the last one being in 2018 when U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., debated state Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln, a member of the Lincoln City Council at the time, and then-Gov. Ricketts debated …

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