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Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic and union leader who led a strike at the Omaha Kellogg’s (NYSE: K) plant in 2021, is running for the U.S. Senate as an Independent from Nebraska. He kicked off his 2024 campaign on Thursday by focusing on kitchen-table issues, which he says are important to the local workers whom he helped get better pay and benefits, writes Nebraska Examiner.
Osborn, who will be running against two-term U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R), said he chose to run as an Independent because most people he talks to from both parties are more open to a message from a candidate who doesn’t play for the team they dislike.
"My intent is to go up against the large corporations, just like I did on strike at Kellogg’s,” Osborn said. "I’m not afraid of them. And they need to pay their fair share in corporate taxes.”
In his first campaign speech, he focused on plans like cutting middle-class taxes, eliminating ...