2024 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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Fischer: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Osborn: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Nebraska. Republican incumbent Deb Fischer was re-elected to a third term, defeating independent union leader Dan Osborn. This was the first time since 1954 when both of Nebraska's U.S. Senate seats were concurrently up for election due to a special election for Nebraska's other Senate seat.
Traditionally a safe Republican seat, the race in Nebraska was described as unusually competitive and was also potentially important for determining partisan control of the Senate after the 2024 election cycle.
Despite her win, Fischer's overall performance was the worst an incumbent Republican performed in a Nebraska Senate race since 1970. Osborn's performance was the best for an independent candidate in a Nebraska Senate race, even outperforming George W. Norris, who won as an independent in 1936 in a three way race. His performance was also the best for any challenger in a Republican held seat in the 2024 election cycle. Osborn won 4 counties, of which in the concurrent presidential race 2 voted for Trump (Thurston & Sarpy) and 2 voted for Kamala Harris (Douglas & Lancaster).