He led a strike at Kellogg’s. Now he’s aiming for a Nebraska Senate seat

Dan Osborn is challenging incumbent Deb Fischer in a long shot' bid to prove the state still has an independent spirit'

Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada - these are the swing states most pundits expect will decide the 2024 election. No one has deep red Nebraska on that list. But a 48-year-old pipefitter and union organizer from Omaha is hoping to change that.

Three years ago, Dan Osborn led the Nebraska leg of a US-wide strike against cereal giant Kellogg's as the company pushed for concessions in a new union contract despite posting record profits during the Covid-19 pandemic.