McConnell, GOP descend on Nebraska to save Deb Fischer's endangered Senate seat

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and different Republicans are coming to the rescue of Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., who faces a morganatic menace to her re-election from autarkic Senate campaigner Dan Osborn, a national person and mechanic. 

Millions of dollars person been poured into Fischer's Nebraska Senate contention successful the past period arsenic Republicans look to forestall an upset that could wounded their chances of taking the precocious chamber's majority. 

The McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund precocious launched a $3 cardinal advertisement bargain successful the authorities to enactment up the Nebraska Republican's support. 

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Republicans are coming to the rescue of Deb Fischer successful Nebraska.  (Reuters)

"California and New York Democrats are putting brainsick wealth into Dan Osborn’s campaign. They’re not going to succeed, particularly arsenic Nebraska voters larn astir Osborn’s Democrat ties and Bernie Sanders' ideology. We’re conscionable closing the spread a bit," Senate Leadership Fund President and CEO Steven Law said successful a statement. 

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has besides gotten involved, putting much than $500,000 into advertisement reservations arsenic of the opening of October, according to AdImpact.

Additionally, Fischer is getting assistance from well-known apical Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley successful neighboring Iowa. In a caller vigor ad, helium tells voters, "This is your neighbour Chuck Grassley," adding, "my person Deb Fischer needs your vote."

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Osborn challenged Fischer's re-election bid, moving arsenic an independent. (Reuters)

Grassley's vigor advertisement successful Nebraska went retired implicit the airwaves past week and volition tally done Election Day. The Iowa senator's five-figure advertisement bargain covers 90% of the state, according to a root acquainted with his governmental operation. 

The advertisement is connected some FM and AM vigor and plays during the University of Nebraska's shot games to scope farmers, families and shot fans. 

Osborn's popularity successful Nebraska has appeared to instrumentality the Fischer run by surprise, fixed the seeming last-minute efforts to fortify her support. It's often hard for autarkic candidates to summation traction, particularly against an incumbent. However, without a Democratic campaigner nominated successful the Senate race, Osborn has a overmuch larger excavation of imaginable voters. 

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Fischer has served 2 presumption arsenic senator. (Reuters)

Republicans are heavy favored to regain the Senate bulk successful the adjacent Congress, with expected gains successful some West Virginia and Montana, arsenic good arsenic respective different competitory races that could physique a larger vantage for the GOP implicit Democrats successful the precocious chamber. 

However, those expectations trust connected incumbents successful comparatively harmless races winning their re-election matches. Fischer's Senate contention has been shifted distant from Republicans by apical governmental handicapper the Cook Political Report 2 times successful the past month, indicating a rapidly tightening battle.

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Dan Osborn, autarkic campaigner for U.S. Senate, speaks during a quality league May 15, 2024, astatine his Omaha, Neb., home. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

In the most caller standing shift by Cook, the contention is considered "Lean Republican," putting it successful the aforesaid class arsenic Sen. Ted Cruz's re-election bid successful Texas against Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas. 

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Osborn has criticized Fischer successful ads arsenic being beholden to lobbyists and peculiar involvement groups that person donated to her, likening her to a contention car operator with sponsors connected her jacket. The autarkic campaigner has claimed helium would not caucus with Democrats oregon Republicans successful the Senate if elected. 

Osborn has faced immoderate contention during his campaign, with revelations that groups backing him heavy successful the predetermination are funded successful portion by a acheronian wealth radical that has received tens of millions successful grants from billionaire George Soros' group, the Open Society Foundations. 

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