Khanna to campaign in Nebraska with Senate candidate Dan Osborn

Representative Ro Khanna, a progressive Democrat from California, is set to appear Saturday at a Nebraska event for independent Senate hopeful Dan Osborn, who is challenging Republican incumbent Pete Ricketts, a onetime governor. Osborn has said he would align with neither party in the Senate. Khanna is the first elected official to campaign alongside him, and Nebraska is the most Republican state where Khanna has made an appearance for a 2026 candidate, since no Democrat sits in its congressional delegation, according to CBS News.

The event is a town hall that also features Marc Racicot, a former Montana governor and RNC chair censured by his state party after opposing President Trump, and ex-Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, who once backed Trump, briefly challenged him in 2020, and registered as a Democrat in 2025. Osborn told CBS News that the Jeffrey Epstein case united the group. Khanna, who worked with Republican Thomas Massie on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, says polling shows the issue resonates most with voters disillusioned with Trump.

Sabato's Crystal Ball recently moved Nebraska from Likely Republican to Leans Republican. Earlier this week Khanna campaigned in Michigan, Iowa and New Hampshire.

Summarized by PolitiKool from CBS News’s reporting. Read the full story at CBS News →