Deb Fischer

The Senate majority leader had not extended invitations to two candidates in close races.

There’s something about an election that is both cleansing — especially for my pre-Election Day email inbox — and, most importantly, clarifying.

Union at Middle Creek in southwest Lincoln, one of the city's largest affordable housing projects in recent history, is open and fully occupied.

The city's new $6.3 million compressed natural gas fueling station will now be used to fuel its 41 CNG buses and 11 paratransit buses, saving $729,000 a year.

Gov. Jim Pillen and state leaders will embark on a diplomatic and trade mission to the Czech Republic and Germany.

Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird's chief of staff T.J. McDowell is leaving, and Rick Hoppe, who was former mayor Chris Beutler's chief of staff, will take his place.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Billions of dollars in advertising are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties portray their opponent’s candidates as extreme in a struggle for control of the U.S. Senate.

Republicans believe that they are in prime shape to win at least 52 seats in the Senate with only days to go until Election Day. The GOP has long been favored to win back the upper chamber, but the size of its majority has been in question as the party’s candidates trailed against Democratic incumbents in [...]

I have watched far too many political ads lately.

A former cereal plant worker running as an independent in deeply conservative Nebraska has emerged as a serious Senate challenger to two-term Republican Deb Fischer. Fischer's seat had been considered safe for the GOP just months ago. But recent polling...

What 538's 2024 Senate election forecast says.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown looks to be closing the polling gap with Democrat Jacky Rosen in Nevada, a key battleground state.

Dan Osborn, a labor leader and mechanic who is running as an independent, is making Republicans sweat with his dark horse bid to oust Senator Deb Fischer. Can he turn the buzz into votes?

Senate Democrats are facing an increasingly tough road to keeping their majority in the upper chamber as races in crucial swing states tighten with just two weeks until Election Day. The path to 51 seats was always going to be a long shot for Democrats, who are facing a difficult Senate map featuring multiple incumbents [...]

Vice President Harris' running mate Tim Walz slammed Elon Musk on Tuesday, claiming he is Trump's real running mate.

Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., seen here last month at the Capitol, is now an underdog in his reelection race.

Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks during his campaign stop at Sly’s Family Bar and Grill in Neligh, Neb., on Monday. Osborn is running against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, and the two parties differ on the status of the race.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen picked a new director Tuesday to lead the state's Behavioral Health division, filling a job that had been vacant since Pillen took office.

Dan Osborn, an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, opened a campaign office here Sunday afternoon at 2013 Central Ave. He faces Deb Fischer in the Nov. 5 election.

Sen. Deb Fischer's reputation as a rancher and public servant who's more of a workhorse than a show horse served her well until this fall, when independent candidate Dan Osborn burst onto the airwaves with edgy ads redefining the small-town cattlewoman as a corporate huckster. Now, she's fighting for reelection.

Politico got its hands on a memo from the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC allied with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Somehow the memo contains some of the best polling for Democrats we’ve seen in ages.

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski With Southern states like Florida, Georgia and North Carolina still reeling, it’s not clear how [...]The post At the Races: Weary of the storm appeared first on Roll Call.

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Republicans are looking to avoid a disaster in the Nebraska Senate race amid signs that an independent candidate could be giving Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) a run for her money. Independent Senate candidate and political newcomer Dan Osborn is challenging Fischer for her seat, betting that Nebraskans are hungry for a nonpartisan senator in a [...]

City officials announced the second phase of its heat pump incentive program, which offers homeowners up to $1,500 assistance to replace air conditioners and $500 to replace existing heat pumps.

Independent Dan Osborn is gaining unexpected traction in his bid to unseat Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.).

This week, there’s a certain irony to our newsletter being called “At the Races.” And no, it’s not because Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for betting on the Cincinnati Reds, died​ Monday at age 83. Betting on the outcome of the congressional elections next month by individuals [...]The post At the Races: Please bet responsibly appeared first on Roll Call.

An auto repair shop wants to open a new location in northeast Lincoln that would focus on electric and hybrid vehicles.

In my role as a board member of several organizations over many years in my career, I was involved in the process of selecting a chief administrator — superintendent, CEO, general manager, for example.

Allowing access to a proposed medical office from Nebraska Parkway violates city policy, but developers call it an innovative solution to property at the 70th Street intersection.

Democrats are fighting to hold on to their 51-49 majority in the Senate—and the latest polling shows they’re the underdogs in this election. But there is hope.Republicans lead Democrats in enough Senate races to flip the chamber, according to 538’s polling averages as of Sept. 27 at 12 PM ET. Democrats’ slim majority is under threat for two main reasons.First, Democrat-turned-independent Joe Manchin is retiring, and his West Virginia seat will undoubtedly flip. And second, Democratic incumbent Jon Tester of Montana trails his Republican opponent.But these are polls, not election results, and because of that, they can be changed by donating, mobilizing, and voting for Democratic candidates.There is just over a month until Nov. 5. Here are the races that need your help.

A rush of new ads attacking Republican Sen. Deb Fischer and her independent challenger Dan Osborn have blanketed Nebraska's airwaves as the closer-than-expected race draws national attention.

Recent TV political ads for Sen. Deb Fischer have emphasized her opponent’s “shortcomings” and the fact that she has been endorsed by Trump.

Nebraska needs immigration to meet its workforce needs, a critical issue for the state’s future that can only be solved with government policy changes to reform the system and support legal immigrants

Pat Lopez, who as Lincoln-Lancaster Health Director helped shepherd the community through the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced plans to retire Oct. 31.

Jerry Shoecraft, a former Husker basketball star who served two terms on the City Council in the 1990s and ran an unsuccessful bid in 2003, announced plans to run again.

538 has released U.S. Senate polling averages for the 2024 general election.

A five-story affordable housing project in the South of Downtown neighborhood that includes a new location for Clinic with a Heart is seeking nearly $2.5 million in tax-increment financing.

In spite of assurances that Nebraska offers the "gold standard" in election security, state lawmakers spent more than three hours Thursday questioning whether more could be done.

LES is proposing a 3.3% rate increase for 2025. For most residential customers, it would mean $3-$4 a month on their monthly bills.

The party may need an upset in one of the two Senate races to win a majority.

Nearly twice as many children involved in Nebraska's child welfare system died last fiscal year than did the year before, the Legislature's oversight office reported.

Nebraska authorities found a non-hazardous substance in an envelope that prompted hazmat crews to respond to the Secretary of State's Elections Division office Monday morning.

Nebraskans will have the opportunity to vote on six ballot issues in November. Here's a look at each.

While our list looks only at vulnerable incumbents, there are several high-profile open seats whose outcomes will also shape the balance of power in the chamber.

Nebraska's Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down a legal challenge that sought to prevent a vote this November on a new state-funded private school scholarship program.

The Lancaster County Republican Party elected former KLIN Drive-Time host Jack Riggins as chairman after the sudden resignation of former chairman Matt Innis.

Women in the Nebraska Legislature largely took the reins in a recent special session called by Gov. Jim Pillen to lower property taxes.

Women in the Nebraska Legislature largely took the reins in a recent special session called by Gov. Jim Pillen to lower property taxes. And many are seeking to get more accomplished to lower taxes for working families in the upcoming...