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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Dan Osborn

Party
Independent
Running for
U.S. Senate · Nebraska
Filing address
Omaha, NE (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
OSBORN, DAN
Next election
Primary May 12, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Nebraska with the whole state highlighted

Nebraska

FEC page

IndependentU.S. Senate · NebraskaChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID S4NE00207 · Principal campaign committee: OSBORN FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Nebraska$9,805,860.19Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2023–2024U.S. Senate · Nebraska$15,129,327.27Lost the general election (46.52%)
Total raised$9,805,860.19
Total spent$7,658,454.08
Cash on hand$2,210,572.03
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $9,418,854.46PACs and other committees: $203,637.88Party committees: $200.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $5.25Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $129,289.55Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $53,873.05
  • Individual contributions$9,418,854.4696%
  • PACs and other committees$203,637.882%
  • Party committees$200.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5.250%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$129,289.551%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$53,873.051%

Self-funding: $5.25 (0% of money raised): $5.25 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$3,969,786.3658%
  • Contributions over $200$2,882,079.1742%
  • Itemized from inside Nebraska$578,379.2217%
  • Itemized from other states$2,766,406.0483%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $612,338.97 · New York $499,379.86 · Massachusetts $322,005.51 · District of Columbia $177,435.01 · Illinois $161,845.50. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$4.3M$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $204,598.73JULY QUARTERLY: spent $103,070.93OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,097,075.67OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $696,053.89YEAR-END: raised $770,388.37YEAR-END: spent $702,251.25APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,255,782.35APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $887,322.41PRE-PRIMARY: raised $477,596.43PRE-PRIMARY: spent $281,590.74JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,895,635.84JULY QUARTERLY: spent $609,301.11OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $4,050,409.39OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $4,264,594.172025-062025-122026-042026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

37 committees reported giving $172,387.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Dan Osborn$70,803.10
  • Independent expenditures opposing Dan Osborn$109,999.97

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Nebraska U.S. Senate, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Dan Osborn (I)$9,805,860.19$2,210,572.032026-10-14
Pete Ricketts (R)$14,546,959.40$1,218,138.972026-10-14
Benjamin E. Sasse (R)$49,137.93$2,123,686.502026-09-30
Cindy Burbank (DE)$48,609.89$23,108.172026-09-30
Mike Marvin (OTH)$27,750.00$0.002026-09-11
William Forbes (D)$1,000.00$0.002026-05-21

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Pete Ricketts 46.1% · Dan Osborn 45.2% (Ricketts +0.9%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Decision Desk HQ, FiftyPlusOne, Silver Bulletin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
National Public Affairs (R)October 2–5, 2026800 (LV)±4.0%Pete Ricketts 46% · Dan Osborn 43%
YouGovSeptember 24 – October 3, 20261,809 (LV)±3.3%Pete Ricketts 47% · Dan Osborn 48%
co/efficient (R)September 28–30, 20261,113 (LV)±2.92%Pete Ricketts 48% · Dan Osborn 43%
SurveyUSASeptember 8–13, 2026503 (LV)±6.4%Pete Ricketts 42% · Dan Osborn 46%
GBAO (D)September 3–8, 2026800 (LV)±3.5%Pete Ricketts 46% · Dan Osborn 47%
Impact Research (D)August 9–13, 2026600 (LV)±4.0%Pete Ricketts 47% · Dan Osborn 47%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Nebraska (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: OSBORN FOR SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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