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State Fair showdown: Ricketts, Osborn come out swinging in wide-ranging debate

• Anna Kleiber | Lincoln Journal Star
• Sep 2, 2026
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Attendees watch as U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Dan Osborn, a nonpartisan candidate for Senate, participate in a debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday.

• NIKOS FRAZIER, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, left, and independent candidate Dan Osborn, right, debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday in Grand Island.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts and nonpartisan Dan Osborn shake hands after participating in a Senate debate at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.

• NIKOS FRAZIER, THE WORLD-HERALD

Debate panelists, Casey Wonnenberg, News Channel, Nebraska, Aaron Sanderford, Omaha World-Herald, Juan Salinas II, Nebraska Examiner, and Andrew Wegley, Flatwater Free Press, look over their notes and wait for candidates ahead of a U.S Senate Debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

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GRAND ISLAND — Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and independent challenger Dan Osborn clashed Tuesday night on tariffs, the Big Beautiful Bill and immigration during the year's only U.S. Senate election debate, held at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts answers a question during a debate with independent candidate Dan Osborn at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday in Grand Island.

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Independent candidate Dan Osborn answers a question during a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts at the Nebraska State Fair on Sept. 1 in Grand Island.

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Independent candidate Dan Osborn answers a question during a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

People watch as Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, left, and independent candidate Dan Osborn, right, at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, left, and independent candidate Dan Osborn, right, debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, left, and independent candidate Dan Osborn, right, debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, left, and independent candidate Dan Osborn, right, debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts answers a question during a debate with independent candidate Dan Osborn at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Independent candidate Dan Osborn answers a question during a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts answers a question during a debate with independent candidate Dan Osborn at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts answers a question during a debate with independent candidate Dan Osborn at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts answers a question during a debate with independent candidate Dan Osborn at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts answers a question during a debate with independent candidate Dan Osborn at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Independent candidate Dan Osborn answers a question during a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, left, and independent candidate Dan Osborn, right, stand on stage before a debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Independent candidate Dan Osborn answers a question during a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts at the Nebraska State Fair on Sept. 1 in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, left, and independent candidate Dan Osborn, right debate each other during a U.S. Senate debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

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Independent candidate Dan Osborn listens to a question asked during a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

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Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts is seen on a large television screen as he argues a point during a U.S Senate Debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

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A crowd supporting both candidates waits for the start of a U.S Senate Debate between Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts and independent candidate Dan Osborn at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

Kenneth Ferriera

Debate panelists, Casey Wonnenberg, News Channel, Nebraska, Aaron Sanderford, Omaha World-Herald, Juan Salinas II, Nebraska Examiner, and Andrew Wegley, Flatwater Free Press, look over their notes and wait for candidates ahead of a U.S Senate Debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.

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