Dan Osborn

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Describes himself as a Navy veteran, mechanic and independent who never planned to run for office until the 2021 Kellogg's strike.[1],[2]
• Says he will not caucus with either party so he can answer to Nebraskans instead of party leaders.[1],[4]
• Says cost of living is his top priority, followed by rural health care.[1]
• Says he takes no corporate PAC money and wants real limits on dark money and lobbying.[1],[5]

Background

• Steamfitter, Omaha area · Current[1]
• Independent candidate for U.S. Senate (lost to Sen. Deb Fischer, 53.2% to 46.5%), Nebraska · 2024[3]
• President, Local 50G; led the 2021 Kellogg's strike, Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union · Including 2021[2],[3]
• Industrial mechanic, Kellogg's plant, Omaha · About 20 years, starting in 2004[1],[2]
• Soldier, Nebraska Army National Guard (also served in the Tennessee National Guard), U.S. Army National Guard · After Navy service[2]
• Storekeeper aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, U.S. Navy · 4 years[2],[1]

Education

• High school diploma (1994), Roncalli Catholic High School, Omaha[3]

Where they stand

• Economy & Jobs
  Says targeted tariffs can help but opposes blanket tariffs as a tax on families; wants to return tariff power to Congress and close corporate tax loopholes.[4],[1]
• Social Security & Medicare
  Pledges never to vote to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits or raise the retirement age, and supports applying the Social Security tax to income above the current cap.[6],[1]
• Health Care
  Supports the Break Up Big Medicine Act to separate insurers from providers and pharmacies, Medicaid drug price negotiation without pharmacy benefit managers, and restoring rural hospital funding.[6],[1]
• Immigration
  Supports border security, mandatory E-Verify, more immigration court funding and guest worker programs as part of comprehensive reform; calls the large increase in ICE funding wasteful without more accountability.[1],[5]
• Elections & Democracy
  Supports overturning Citizens United, the DISCLOSE Act, independent redistricting commissions, term limits and age limits for Congress, and a ban on stock trading by members of Congress.[1],[7]
• Agriculture
  Supports breaking up agriculture monopolies, right-to-repair laws, mandatory country-of-origin labeling, year-round E15 and barring some foreign countries from buying Nebraska farmland.[8]
• Abortion
  Says he is personally pro-life but believes government should not make health decisions for people.[9]
• Guns
  Says he supports the Second Amendment and the right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms, along with gun safety education in schools.[9]

Voting record

Dan Osborn has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words