The DSCC immediately started pushing Nelson doppelganger, Bob Kerrey, a former Nebraska governor and senator, who long ago moved to NYC but who is as outrageous a corporate whore as Nelson. He basically said he would accept a coronation but didn't have...

Second, Rep. Rick Berg (R) isn’t terribly popular right now. And third — well, see below. (Previous ranking: 1) 1. Nebraska (D): With Sen. Ben Nelson ’s decision to retire, this seat instantly became the one most likely to change hands — taking over...

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Sen. Steve Lathrop, whose name was floated by Democrats following former Sen. Bob Kerrey's decision not to run for retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson's seat, announced on Monday that he won't run for the Senate either. "I appreciate the encouragement I...

Democratic prospects in one of the open seats they must defend got a bit more complicated this week. In Nebraska, Democrats learned this week that their most bankable potential candidate, former Senator Bob Kerrey, would not seek the Senate seat being...

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey on Tuesday rejected a comeback run for Senate, dashing Democrats' hopes of holding a coveted Nebraska seat and leaving the party to scramble for a race all but guaranteed to go Republicans' way. In one of the first shots fired in...

More News OMAHA, Neb. Spokesman Aaron Farber confirmed Friday that Chuck Hassebrook will run. The news of Hassebrook's intention comes three days after former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey announced his decision not to seek the seat and only days before the...

3, which covers 15 counties in northeast Nebraska, since 1994. He's also executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs, a grass-roots nonprofit that advocates for rural communities. Omaha state Sen. Steve Lathrop has said he is considering seeking...

OMAHA, Neb. The news of Hassebrook's intention comes three days after former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey announced his decision not to seek the seat and only days before the state's Feb. 15 filing deadline for officeholders. Hassebrook, of Lyons, has been a...

Neb. (AP) -- A University of Nebraska regent will seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. The news of Hassebrook's intention comes three days after former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey announced his decision not to...

Neb. (AP) — A University of Nebraska regent will seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. The news of Hassebrook's intention comes three days after former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey announced his decision not to...

Friday. Hassebrook will announce his decision to run next week at a news conference in his hometown of Lyons in northeastern Nebraska, said Aaron Farber, a public relations representative with American Communications Group. The news of Hassebrook's...

Gingrich wowed the audience, as he called for a "healthy conversation with no partisanship." A subsequent video of the talk opens with a praiseful introduction from former Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey, who hails the former House speaker as "enormously...

Since its opening in September 2008, the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge has been the occasional target of criticism as useless "government pork." But, by and large, it also seems to have become a relatively popular community attraction and, at least to...

"It's a big deal," said Hassebrook, who is a UNL regent and the head of the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Neb. Hassebrook would be the first major Democrat to get into the race since former Nebraska Gov. Bob Kerrey squashed Democratic hopes of a...

It was subsequently changed to "yellowshirtgirl" (uh huh), but the ad and the website remain the same. Kerrey, who hasn't held office in over a decade, has often flirted with various comeback bids but has never pulled the trigger. This time was...

Thankfully we’ve got three weeks until the next Republican contest. Frankly I think we could all use the break. If the prolonged Republican primary is good news for Democrats, that’s tempered some with the news that former Sen. Bob Kerrey won’t run to...

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said on Tuesday he will not run for the Nebraska Senate seat he gave up more than a decade ago, shutting down hopes for a bid both parties called Democrats’ best chance to hold the seat but that Kerrey himself described as a...

Neb. For now, the only Democrat in the race is Omaha businessman Steve Lustgarten. On the heels of Kerrey's big announcement, the League of Women Voters said it is just focused on getting new faces in office. "It was disappointing to hear that (Kerrey)...