The Trump-voting pastor Democrats think could cost them a chance at a Nebraska Senate seat
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Key Points:
- William Forbes, a Trump-supporting, anti-abortion pastor, entered Nebraska's Democratic Senate primary, disrupting the state Democratic Party's strategy to back independent Dan Osborn against Republican incumbent Pete Ricketts.
- The Nebraska Democratic Party accuses Forbes of being a Republican plant designed to split the opposition vote, while Forbes denies this and insists he is a lifelong Democrat advocating for a return to traditional party morality.
- Another Democrat, Cindy Burbank, filed to run in the primary specifically to prevent Forbes from winning, pledging to support Osborn in the general election and facing legal challenges over her candidacy.
- Forbes attended a GOP-sponsored leadership training and has expressed conservative views in sermons, including opposition to abortion rights and criticism of left-wing movements, raising questions about his true political alignment.
- Democrats are backing Osborn, a populist independent with a mixed platform, as their best chance to unseat Ricketts in a deep-red state, but Forbes' candidacy threatens to undermine this unified effort.
