Elections · U.S. Senate · Nebraska
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Raised for this seat
$5.8M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$2.4M
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Osborn faces Pete Ricketts and Cindy Burbank for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 38%$2.2M
- Large donors
- 58%$3.3M
- PACs
- 2%$140K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- 1%$70K
Separately, $21M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Nebraska
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 18 days before online or by mail, or 11 days before in person.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Pete Ricketts$11M
- Cindy Burbank$40K
- Dan Osbornthis page$5.8M
- Benjamin Sasse$993K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 4 of 6 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.
Spending to support them
$13M- Retire Career Politicians$9.3M
- Railroaders for Public Safety$1.2M
- Common Defense Action Fund$447K
- Genblue PAC$334K
- Blue Battleground Project$239K
The top 5 committees of the $13M filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$8.1M- SLF PAC$3.3MRepublican Senate leadershipRepublican Senate leadership
- Esafund$2.6M
- Heartland Resurgence$2.1M
- Red Senate$47K
- Railroaders for Public Safety$1K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
Record in office
Osborn has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.
That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.
What the campaign says, on osbornforsenate.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, see Commons. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.