The campaign team for U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn, which refers to him as a “lifelong Independent” as he challenges incumbent Nebraska Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts in 2026, has launched a group called “Conservatives for Osborn.” That’s curious, since Brandon Philipczyk and James Vihstadt, the treasurers of the Osborn campaign and also “Conservatives for Osborn,” …
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The campaign team for U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn, which refers to him as a “lifelong Independent” as he challenges incumbent Nebraska Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts in 2026, has launched a group called “Conservatives for Osborn.”
That’s curious, since Brandon Philipczyk and James Vihstadt, the treasurers of the Osborn campaign and also “Conservatives for Osborn,” have strong ties to the Democratic Party.





