Socialist Operatives Fueled the Rise of Independent Nebraska Senate Candidate Dan Osborn,...

But a Washington Free Beacon review of campaign finance disclosures found that Osborn's Senate bid began in a different vein. During his campaign's formative stages in 2023, Osborn joined forces with consultants and firms openly associated with the Democratic Socialists of America, including one activist who detailed in a 2021 op-ed how to achieve "socialism in our lifetime" through shrewd politicking. And now, during the final stages of his campaign, Osborn has earned endorsements from socialist publications and is being boosted behind the scenes by the Democratic political apparatus eager to block a Republican victory in Nebraska.