Picking Corn: Nebraska’s 2024 Senate races

Preston Love, Democrat

Preston Love Jr. tells Picking Corn he is running against U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts to give Democrats a choice and to boost local election turnout. The North Omaha advocate and civil rights activist has spent much of his life connecting people from different walks of life.

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb.

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., is running for election after being appointed to his post in January 2023 by Gov. Jim Pillen. Ricketts says he wants to bring the approach he used during two terms as governor to Washington, D.C.

John Glen Weaver, Republican

John Glen Weaver discusses why he's running for the U.S. Senate after falling short in the 2022 GOP primary against U.S. Rep. Mike Flood in Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District. Weaver, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, says he is running against Sen. Pete Ricketts to give voters a choice. He has argued that the former governor and his political machine dissuaded other Republicans from running.

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer talks about why she's running for a third term, what she hopes to accomplish, why she and other Republicans want to tie border security to military aid for Ukraine and how politics in Nebraska and nationally have changed since she ran for school board in Valentine, Neb.

Dan Osborn, nonpartisan

Dan Osborn is a registered nonpartisan petitioning to face U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., in the November general election. The Omaha union leader talks about why he's running, why he chose this race, and why he wants his campaign to move beyond the usual fights between political parties.