Draft:Dan Osborn

Dan Osborn is an US Navy veteran, steamfitter, industrial mechanic, labor union leader and independent politician.

As president of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 50G. he led the strike at Kellogg's Omaha plant in 2021. He is running as an independent candidate in the regular 2024 United States Senate election in Nebraska.

Early life and family
Osborn was born in 1975. He moved with family to Omaha, Nebraska with his family when he was seven. In 1994, he graduated from Roncalli Catholic High School He and his wife Megan have three children.

Military career
Osborne was enlisted in the United States Navy. He served for 4 years as storekeeper (SK) aboard the USS Constellation (CV-64), completing two Western Pacific cruises and two Exercise RIMPAC cruises.

He later joined the Nebraska Army National Guard. He attended the 19K Tanker school at the Idaho Army National Guard and for a served in the Tennessee National Guard.

Union leader
Osborn started working at an industrial mechanic at the Kellogg's Omaha, Nebraska plant in 2004. He eventually became president of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 50G. During his tenure he led the 2021 Kellogg's strike at plant in 2021. It lasted 77 days and eventually spread to other plants across the United States.

Osborn was later fired by Kellogg's on what he and others consider to be trumped up charges. and works doing boiler maintenance and repair work at Boys Town in Omaha, as a member of Steamfitters and Plumbers Local 464.

2024 United States Senate election candidacy
Nebraska has dominant-party system. There are two elections for United States Senator from Nebraska in 2024: the 2024 Senate special election and the 2024 Senate regular election, the latter of which Osborn is running.

He officially announced his candidacy as an independent politician on October 5, 2023. He must garner 4,000 signatures from Nebraska voters before September, 2024 for eligibility. Osborn had been a registered Democrat until 2016. As the Democrats may or may not run a candidate under their banner, they are considering endorsing Osborn.

A poll taken in December 2023 surprisingly showed him with a slight lead over the incumbant, Deb Fisher. Observers have question the poll.