LINCOLN- Years ago, before most Nebraskans had ever heard of Dan Osborn, he won his first election in the state: vice president of the local union representing workers at the Kellogg's cereal plant in Omaha, where he had worked as an industrial mechanic since 2004.

Facing contract negotiators who sought to undercut workers' salary growth and discontinue the company's pension program, Osborn led the members of the Omaha local on a strike that lasted 77 days.

"I want to continue to be a voice for the working-class people that don't have a voice," Osborn told a crowd of more than 60 supporters. "I never thought that I would run for office — especially this high of an office," he said. "But the strike showed me that if we band together as people around issues and causes and things like that, we can make a difference in everybody's lives."

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