WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Deb Fischer won a third term to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. Fischer won her previous two elections by wide margins in the deep-red state.

But she faced her toughest challenge yet in political newcomer Dan Osborn, a mechanical engineer who appealed to voters by eschewing the major political parties and running as an independent.

Fischer successfully countered by leaning into support for former President Donald Trump. Despite their at-times rocky relationship, Trump endorsed Fischer for reelection, which Fischer touted in her campaign ads. The Associated Press declared Fischer the winner at 12:06 a.m. EST.

 

 

113 of 1,326 precincts reporting

President

Donald Trump 244,470, 52 percent

Kamala Harris, 219,286, 46 percent

Senate

Deb Fischer 227,422, 49 percent

Dan Osborn, 236,674, 51 percent

U.S. Congress

R – Mike Flood, 74,328, 53 percent

D – Carol Blood, 64,526, 46 percent

State Board of Education

Maggie Douglas, 27,660, 54 percent

Linda Vermooten, 23,565, 4 6percent

 

Legislature

Dennis Schaardt  3,726, 53 percent

Robert Hallstrom, 3,252, 46 percent

 

Ballot measures

434

For 49 percent, against, 50 percent

439

For 54 percent, against 45 percent