Nebraska GOP senator confident amid close re-election battle with Democrat-aligned 'independent'

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 Nebraska GOP senator confident amid close re-election battle with Democrat-aligned 'independent'
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Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer is battling independent candidate Dan Osborn in her bid for a third term, and the polls are showing a race that’s too close for comfort in the normally re…

Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer is battling independent candidate Dan Osborn in her bid for a third term, and the“I think it’s a close race because Nebraska ns are confused by this race,” she told The Post in an interview.“My opponent’s not being honest about who he is. He’s running as an independent. There was no Democrat that filed against me because the deal was that the Democrats would throw their support to this independent,” she added.

He’s not the only independent candidate bleeding Republican votes this cycle. The Associated Press revealed, for example, the “independent” candidate a Virginia House race, Robert Reid, got ballot accessOsborn went viral with his campaign’s “What’s on my jacket?” ad, which depicted a woman wearing a NASCAR-style coat emblazoned with the names and logos of corporations that have “sponsored” Fischer’s campaign, like Google, Northrop Grumman, Goldman Sachs and Microsoft.

“We’re still working on the farm bill in the Senate. We haven’t come to agreement yet in committee,” Fischer said, as she’s also on the Agriculture Committee.

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