By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Kerrey won the Democratic nomination for Nebraska’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday while Republicans decided a tight three-way race that reflected the divisions within the GOP.
Kerrey, a former senator seeking another turn …
By Steve White, Nebraska.tv
The man to beat for U.S. Senate may be a woman. Deb Fischer surges as the race attracts national attention and big money from a prominent family. Jon Bruning may still be the frontrunner but it’s far …
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | Politico
The Nebraska U.S. Senate primary race between Deb Fischer and AG Jon Bruning is wrapping up, and a third-party group that hadn’t stated its preferred candidate has nouw bought $200,000 worth of statewide ad time – …
By DAVID ROGERS | Politico
To hear Republicans tell it, former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey is so poisoned after a decade in New York City that he can’t go home and run again.
But one of the biggest financial backers of these …
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Democrats might yet have a lifeline in their quest to hold on to Nebraska’s open U.S. Senate seat this year, and once again it’s former Sen. Bob Kerrey giving them hope.
The popular two-term U.S. senator and …
(AP) OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge on Monday rejected a portion of a Nebraska city’s ordinance that would have denied housing permits to illegal immigrants but upheld a requirement that employers verify the citizenship status of people they hire.
U.S. …
CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser
(CNN) – Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said Tuesday that he won’t run for the open Senate seat in Nebraska that he once held, deflating Democrats hopes of keeping the seat in party hands.
“I have given …
By Michael A. Memoli, Los Angeles Times
Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson announced Tuesday that he would not seek a third term in 2012, another setback for Democrats in their effort to retain control of the …
By Josh Lederman - The Hill
President Obama and Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) are about to become the latest targets in a barrage of television attacks ads emanating from Crossroads GPS, a conservative outside group formed by former Bush adviser Karl …
By Claire Courchane-The Washington Times
Elk Creek, Neb. (population 112), may not be so tiny much longer. Reports suggest that the southeastern Nebraska hamlet may be sitting on the world’s largest untapped deposit of “rare earth” minerals, which …
