Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst crossed the Missouri River on Saturday to encourage more than 100 Republican volunteers in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District to spend the next few weeks knocking on voters’ doors for former President Donald Trump.

Deb Fischer, the Republican incumbent, faces a stiff challenge from a union leader, Dan Osborn, running as an independent. Her latest ad calls him a “Democrat in disguise.”

Meanwhile, national Democrats are publicly denying any involvement but are privately flagging polls—albeit limited in number—suggesting Nebraska may be closer than any state with a 2-to-1 Republican voter registration advantage should be.

A Lancaster County District Court judge said Friday that the ongoing legal challenges to Nebraska’s two medical cannabis ballot measures might not be resolved by Election Day. Judge Susan Strong, during a virtual hearing Friday,

Divisions spilled over in a Nebraska labor union after it initially said members were required to attend a political event for the state’s independent Senate nominee, Dan Osborn. The long shot candidate is challenging Sen.

Independent Dan Osborn is running a surprisingly competitive Senate race in deep-red Nebraska in his bid to unseat two-term Sen. Deb Fischer.

The Midwest Newsroom partnered with Emerson College Polling to ask registered voters in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska a wide range of questions ahead of the general election.

Tony Sorrentino and Allison Heimes — are competing to replace the term-limited Sen. Lou Ann Linehan in representing District 39, which includes Elkhorn, Waterloo, and part of

A judge said attorneys seeking to invalidate a pair of medical marijuana initiatives would have to show "a significant number of signatures" were obtained fraudulently.

Four secretaries of state and a federal agency director in cybersecurity described their work Wednesday as a line of defense in upholding election integrity and security ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

Nebraskans will have the opportunity to vote on six ballot issues in November, covering the topics of abortion rights, medical marijuana, paid sick leave and whether the state should pay for private school scholarships. An auto repair shop wants to open a new location in northeast Lincoln that would focus on electric and hybrid vehicles.

Sen. Deb Fischer is facing a tighter-than-expected race against independent challenger Dan Osborn for the Nebraska Senate seat.