(cache)Ex-Osborn staffer says candidate helped recruit Platner

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A recording of a now-former staffer of Dan Osborn's nonpartisan campaign acknowledging that Osborn helped "recruit" Maine Democrat Graham Platner has dragged Nebraska's U.S. Senate race into the morass of Maine's.

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A Townhall Investigations video appears to show an ex-Osborn staffer mentioning Graham Platner.

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111925--osborn-cm-1 — Dan Osborn speaks at an event where the Nebraska State Education Association endorsed his campaign for U.S. Senate on Nov. 19, 2025. He says he has "never recruited or supported Graham Platner."
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD

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USA-ELECTION/MAINE — Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, speaks at a town hall meeting in Portland on June 7.
BRIAN SNYDER, REUTERS

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