OMAHA- U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer recently called a press conference and criticized former Omaha union leader Dan Osborn as a nationally backed threat to a possible Republican majority in the Senate. Fischer, a two-term Republican from Lincoln whose family owns a ranch near Valentine, was joined by supporters who touted her record of voting for infrastructure investments, agricultural interests, and national defense, among other things.

Longtime Fischer supporter Former Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman repeated the allegation that Osborn is a supporter of Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. Heineman and Fischer said that Osborn has portrayed himself as an independent but that behind closed doors he is more likely to support Democrats and more likely to cost a GOP-leaning state its seniority and influence in the Senate.

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