Photos: US Senate debate between Sen. Pete Ricketts and Dan Osborn
Take a look at photos from the U.S. Senate debate between Pete Ricketts and Dan Osborn at the Nebraska State Fair.
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.
Nebraskans got a look at what all the fuss is about in the state’s second-straight U.S. Senate race with the potential to upend a decades-old pattern of Republicans winning big.
The debate at the Nebraska State Fair covered imported beef, tariffs, cuts to Medicaid, the war in Iran, immigration enforcement, election finance reform and winning the race to develop AI.Â
The state's political eyes are headed home to that old rite of passage — a statewide U.S. Senate debate at the Nebraska State Fair — around the time kids head back to school.Â
Nebraska Supreme Court Justice William Cassel on Tuesday afternoon ordered city officials and Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers to file "simultaneous briefs" addressing four topics by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Check out the full transcript from the Nebraska State Fair Senate debate between Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn on Tuesday night.
