{"id":3122,"date":"2026-07-09T09:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3122"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:36:20","slug":"nebraskas-independent-senate-candidate-recruited-by-the-same-couple-behind-graham-platner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=3122","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska\u2019s \u2018Independent\u2019 Senate Candidate Recruited By The Same Couple Behind Graham Platner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The same couple that helped recruit Graham Platner to run for Senate in Maine also recruited Dan Osborn, an independent candidate for Senate from Nebraska who is widely backed by the state\u2019s Democrats, according to reports.<\/p>\n

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In a video obtained by Townhall, a woman they identified as a member of Osborn\u2019s campaign staff named Colleen claimed he recruited Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. She alleged Osborn kicked off a move to recruit \u201cworking class candidates\u201d for elections but declined to name anyone else. However, strategists Daniel Moraff and Leanne Fan helped recruit and guide both Platner and Osborn, Politico reported in December.<\/p>\n

Osborn rejected the claims in the video in a statement to the Daily Caller. \u201cThe woman in the video is a former staffer for our campaign. What she said is false, and she was not speaking on behalf of me or our campaign,\u201d the candidate said. \u201cI have never recruited or supported Graham Platner, full stop. Our politics have nothing in common, and clearly neither do our values. I haven\u2019t spent five minutes thinking about the Maine Senate race and neither have most Nebraskans, but I do know that Graham Platner should not be a U.S. Senator.\u201d<\/p>\n

Platner recounted meeting the couple on The Weekly Show with John Stewart. \u201cThey had found me because I did a video a few years ago fighting against a Norwegian salmon farm that was trying to come into our bay,\u201d Platner said. \u201cThey looked me up, and they saw that I donated to Bernie Sanders, and they were like, \u2018Oh!’\u201d<\/p>\n

Platner said they were \u201clooking specifically for a kind of working-class person on working-class economic policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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