Nebraska's Dan Osborn Tied With Incumbent GOP Sen. Deb Fischer In Internal Campaign Poll

The Senate race is unexpectedly close in the Cornhusker State, and it could boost Democrats’ slim odds of keeping the chamber.

Independent candidate Dan Osborn is tied with incumbent Republican Sen. Deb Fischer in Nebraska’s Senate race, according to a poll commissioned by the Osborn campaign.

The survey, conducted Wednesday and Thursday by the group Change Research, found that Osborn and Fischer are tied at 47% among likely November voters, with 5% undecided.

Those findings are consistent with other internal surveys — and even a New York Times/Siena College poll that came out Monday — showing Osborn trailing Fischer within the margin of polling error.

The latest survey, however, suggests that Osborn’s campaign has remained relatively unscathed by the avalanche of negative advertising that Senate Republicans have poured into the race in its final weeks.

It also found GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump leading Democratic rival Kamala Harris in Nebraska 57% to 39% — an 18-point advantage that mirrors his 19-point victory there over Joe Biden in 2020. The results suggests that Osborn is making the kind of inroads with Trump-voting Nebraskans that he would need to win in such a Republican state.