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FIRST ON FOX:Dan Osborn, a Nebraska "independent" Senate hopeful with deep ties to Democrats, has faced criticism for funneling a significant amount of campaign funds to his family members, including almost $250,000 to his wife and her political consulting firm.
Across both his failed bid in 2024 and his current bid in the 2026 cycle, Osborn, his wife, daughter and sister-in-law have raked in north of $370,000, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News Digital. The money originates from Osborn's campaign and his affiliated political action committee, the Working Class Heroes Fund.
In July, Osborn, who is trying to oust incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., faced heat over his FEC filings that showed his campaign made six payments to his wife, Megan, amounting to roughly $19,000 between April and June.
"If you're James Carville, and you're running, and you hire your wife Mary Matalin, that's one thing," Perre Neilan, a longtime Nebraska political strategist and former executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party, said after the payments came to light. "But this one, I think – this one stinks."
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Several months later, it was revealed that Osborn also funneled over $100,000 to a shadowy political consulting firm co-owned by his wife last year.
Dan Osborn, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at his Omaha, Neb., home.(Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
The FEC made it easier for candidates to pay themselves in 2023, a move meant to give lesswealthy folksan easier shot at running.
Osborn, who has been endorsed by leaders of the Nebraska Democratic Party and has received campaign cash from multiple Democratic campaigns, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has not been the only candidate to take advantage of this. However, while the payments are not illegal, critics have taken issue with the lack of political experience from Osborn's wife, a former restaurant manager.
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