Tuesday's the day Nebraskans see what all the fuss is about in Nebraska's second-straight U.S. Senate race poised to upend a decades-old pattern of Republicans winning big.
Registered nonpartisan Dan Osborn and Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts are set to debate Tuesday evening at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island.
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Independent Dan Osborn challenges incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts for his seat in the Senate. Here's what to know ahead of their debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Photos: US Senate debate between Sen. Pete Ricketts and Dan Osborn
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Dan Osborn, nonpartisan candidate for U.S. Senate, participate in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., participates in a Senate debate with Dan Osborn, a nonpartisan candidate, at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Dan Osborn, nonpartisan candidate for U.S. Senate, participates in a debate with U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Attendees watch as U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Dan Osborn, a nonpartisan candidate for Senate, participate in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
News Channel Nebraska's Dave Griek moderates a U.S. Senate debate between Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Dan Osborn, a nonpartisan candidate, at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Dan Osborn, nonpartisan candidate for U.S. Senate, participates in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., participates in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., participates in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Dan Osborn, nonpartisan candidate for Senate, participate in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Attendees watch as U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Dan Osborn, nonpartisan candidate for Senate, participate in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Attendees watch U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Dan Osborn, nonpartisan candidate for Senate, participate in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts and registered nonpartisan Dan Osborn participate in a Senate debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Dan Osborn, nonpartisan candidate for U.S. Senate, participates in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Dan Osborn, a nonpartisan candidate for Senate, participate in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts and nonpartisan Dan Osborn shake hands after participating in a Senate debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
