State Sen. Deb Fischer upended the Nebraska Senate GOP primary on Tuesday, coming from behind to win the nomination over perceived front-runner Attorney General Jon Bruning, who had been leading in the polls by double digits just weeks ago.
Fischer will face former governor and Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey this November in an open race for the seat currently held by retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson. Fischer enters the general election with an edge over Kerrey because of the conservative lean of the Cornhusker State. National Democrats see Kerrey as their best chance to keep the state in Democratic hands, while Republicans view it as a must-win in their efforts to win a Senate majority. Democrats currently control the chamber 53-47.
Treasurer Don Stenberg fell short in what was essentially a three-way nomination contest, delivering an electoral blow to the cadre of conservative activists that had endorsed him, including Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., the anti-tax group Club for Growth, and the Tea Party-aligned Freedom Works. Collectively those groups spent over $2.5 million in this race.
All three candidates scored competing endorsements from Republican Party leaders, injecting a last minute flurry of national attention and outside money in to the race. Fischer was endorsed late by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former presidential candidate Herman Cain, while Bruning was back by former presidential candidate Rick Santorum and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
She also benefitted from an injection of $200,000 in negative ads attacking Bruning from a Super PAC funded by Joe Ricketts, whose family owns the Chicago Cubs.
Bruning was the early favorite in the race but faced a constant stream of criticism about his wealth and business ties. "I think I've been attacked more than any candidate in a long time, and it's a function of a political system that is based very much on attack politics," Bruning said, according to the Associated Press.
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