Independent Dan Osborn gaining traction, and negative ads, in long-shot effort to unseat U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer

Hard to imagine, but in our deep-red state we now have a competitive race for the U.S. Senate.It’s been a while since a Republican had to break a sweat to get re-elected to the Senate in Nebraska. Even former governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey – a widely known Democrat nationally – couldn’t cracktheGOP’sgriponthestate’stwoSenateseats. But here comes a regular guy and nonpartis...