NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FOUR COMMITMENT COVERAGE DAN OSBORNE IS LAUNCHING AN EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE FOR ANOTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATE RUN. IF YOU REMEMBER, OSBORNE RAN AND LOST TO SENATOR DEB FISCHER IN NOVEMBER 2024, PRIMARILY LOSING STEAM IN RURAL NEBRASKA. THIS TIME, HIS EYES APPEAR TO BE SET ON SENATOR PETE RICKETTS SEAT. WAVERLE MONROE IS ON THE LIVE DESK. KEARNEY CHERNOBYL OSBORNE ANNOUNCED HIS PLAN ON X THIS MORNING. IN NOVEMBER, HE SECURED 47% OF THE VOTES TO THE 53% WHO VOTED FOR DEB FISCHER. OSBORNE SAYS HE’S FULL STEAM AHEAD, LEANING AGAIN ON HIS BLUE COLLAR BACKGROUND. HE SAYS HE HAS A CHANCE TO WIN THIS RACE AND TAKE ON THE, QUOTE, BILLIONAIRE CLASS DIRECTLY. JUST ME AND PETE. END QUOTE, REFERRING TO SENATOR PETE RICKETTS. THIS IS NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WILL ACTUALLY RUN THOUGH. BUT AT THE END OF HIS EIGHT POST LONG THREAD, HE ASKED FOR DONATIONS ON HIS ACTBLUE ACCOUNT. WE SPOKE TO BOTH RICKETTS AND OSBORNE TODAY. IN THE LAST ELECTION, I SET THE RECORD FOR THE MOST AMOUNT OF VOTES OF ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN NEBRASKA HISTORY. IT’S BECAUSE WE DIDN’T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. YOU GOT TO GO OUT AND EARN IT EACH AND EVERY TIME. SO THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO THIS TIME, REGARDLESS OF WHO GETS IN THE RACE. WE I THINK WE CAME CLOSER THAN ANYBODY THAT WAS RUNNING AGAINST AN INCUMBENT. AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO SOMETHING TO ME. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE READY TO EXPLORE RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO BE A VOICE FOR WORKING PEOPLE. RICKETTS SAID WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN, HE PROMISED TO SEEK REELECTION IN 2026. OSBORNE, IF RAN, IF HE RAN, SAYS HE WOULD DO SO AS AN