SEE IT: Billboards emerge as GOP campaign trolls ‘fake Independent’ Senate candidate with socialist theme
FIRST ON FOX — When Nebraska Democrats gather in Omaha Friday to attend a gala headlined by former President Joe Biden, they'll be greeted by a mobile-billboard blitz that will...
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FIRST ON FOX — When Nebraska Democrats gather in Omaha Friday to attend a gala headlined by former President Joe Biden , they'll be greeted by a mobile-billboard blitz that will link a Senate candidate to some highly recognizable — and polarizing — rising figures in the Democratic Party. The campaign to re-elect Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., is deploying mobile billboard trucks with bold, neon graphics portraying his rival, Independent candidate Dan Osborn, as a "fake Independent" and part of the Democratic Party's far-left future, along with New York City’s socialist mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and controversial Maine candidate Graham Platner. "Nebraska Democrats’ brand is too toxic to run a candidate under the party label," Ricketts campaign Communications Director Will Coup told Fox News Digital. "Even though Fake Dan Osborn doesn’t have a D next to his name, he still supports the party’s most far-left beliefs." WILL ELECTION DAY 2025 BE REMEMBERED AS THE RISE OF THE SOCIALISTS? Biden is delivering remarks at the Nebraska Democratic Party's 2025 Ben Nelson Gala in downtown Omaha. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn were also invited as featured speakers. REPUBLICANS PUSH TO MAKE MAMDANI THE NEW FACE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Omaha is considered a "blue dot" in Republican-leaning Nebraska. Nebraska is one of only two states that splits its electoral votes by congressional district, and Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, which includes Omaha, typically votes for the Democratic presidential nominee. While the district voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, Republican Rep. Don Bacon nevertheless won re-election for his U.S. House seat in that same district. Bacon is not seeking re-election in 2026. While Osborn is running as an Independent, Chair Jane Kleeb has affirmed the Nebraska Democratic Party is "supporting" his bid to unseat Ricketts, the two-term senator and former Nebraska governor. "Nebraska Democrats proudly su…