US EditionNebraska Senate Race Candidate Denies Being a Ricketts 'Plant'
William Forbes, a Trump-supporting pastor, entered Nebraska’s Democratic primary last minute, potentially splitting votes and undermining Democrats’ strategy to back independent Dan Osborn.
- In early March, 79-year-old pastor William Forbes filed to run in the Nebraska Democratic Senate primary, upending state party leaders' coordinated strategy to clear the field for independent candidate Dan Osborn.
- Nebraska Democrats opted to skip their own primary to support Osborn, aiming to defeat incumbent Republican Senator Pete Ricketts after Osborn's surprisingly competitive 2024 performance, when he came within about 7 points of Senator Deb Fischer in a state Trump carried by roughly 20 points.
- CNN reports revealed Forbes voted for President Donald Trump multiple times, attended a Republican Party leadership event in January, and posted sermons on his since-deleted Facebook page railing against "radical feminism" and "cultural Marxism."
- Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb alleged Forbes is "running to trick voters" through a "political maneuver engineered by Pete Ricketts to split the opposition vote," prompting Cindy Burbank to file for the primary solely to defeat Forbes and endorse Osborn if she wins.
- Voters head to the polls for the May 12 primary, with analysts warning that Forbes could siphon enough votes from Osborn to hand Republicans an easy general election victory.
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