Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic who lost a Senate bid as an independent against Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) by single digits last year, is launching another bid for the upper chamber – this time for Sen. Pete Ricketts' (R-Neb.) seat.

In his launch video, Osborn contrasts his working-class background as an industrial mechanic and military veteran with Ricketts' family wealth, being the eldest son of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts.

"There's a lot of rich guys in Washington like Pete Ricketts, but not a lot with hands like these," Osborn says in the ad. "We fix their cars, grow their food, fight their wars."

"Politicians like Sen. Pete Ricketts are the problem," he continued. "His dad worked for a living, but Petey? He got his money the fast way: His billionaire family."

Osborn's ad also nods to the steamfitter's background, where he led a major strike against Kellogg in Omaha in 2021, and says, "I didn't buy my way into politics."

"I'm running for Senate because Congress........

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