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华盛顿讯 — 美国哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，共和党籍参议员皮特·里基茨在内布拉斯加州参议院选举中成功连任，击退了独立候选人丹·奥斯本的挑战。
62岁的里基茨是前内布拉斯加州州长，2023年被任命进入参议院。此次他的对手是曾担任工会领袖的奥斯本，这是奥斯本第二次竞选参议院席位。
51岁的奥斯本在2024年以7个百分点的差距败给了共和党参议员德布·费舍尔。而在本次选举周期中，民主党再次为他扫清了障碍，他试图在这个保守州扳倒里基茨。
自2006年以来，内布拉斯加州选民还从未选出过非共和党候选人。但由于该州有大量无党派选民，且因不受欢迎的对伊朗战争以及汽油和柴油价格高企，共和党面临不利的选举环境，这场选举最终被证明竞争激烈。
尽管奥斯本表示他不会加入民主党党团，但里基茨的预计胜利避免了民主党可能进一步扩大其多数席位的结果。在2024年总统轻松赢得的州接连出现一系列民主党胜选后，保住内布拉斯加州的这一席位令共和党松了一口气。
Pete Ricketts wins Nebraska 2026 Senate election, CBS News projects
November 4, 2026 / 4:00 AM EST / CBS News
Washington — GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts won reelection in the Nebraska Senate race, CBS News projects, fending off a challenge from independent Dan Osborn.
Ricketts, 62, is a former Nebraska governor who was appointed to the Senate in 2023. He faced off against Osborn, a former union leader who was making his second Senate bid.
Osborn, 51, lost in 2024 to Republican Sen. Deb Fischer by seven points. And with Democrats again clearing the way for him this cycle, he made a play to oust Ricketts in the conservative state.
Nebraskans haven’t elected a candidate who wasn’t a Republican since 2006. But with a large share of nonpartisan voters and an unfavorable environment for the GOP amid the unpopular war with Iran and high gas and diesel prices, the race proved to becompetitive.
Though Osborn has said he wouldn’t have caucused with Democrats, Ricketts’ projected victory wards off an outcome that could have subtracted further from their majority. And after a series of Democratic victories in states that the president won handily in 2024, retaining the seat in Nebraska comes as a relief to the GOP.
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