Cindy Burbank has won Nebraska's Democratic Senate primary with the stated intention of dropping out of the November general election to boost independent candidate Dan Osborn, who is widely seen as the strongest challenger to Republican Senator Pete Ricketts. Burbank's primary opponent, William Forbes — a pastor who has voted for Donald Trump and opposes abortion access — was accused by Democrats of being a Republican plant designed to keep a credible candidate on the ballot and split the opposition vote. In a separate race, political organiser Denise Powell won the Democratic primary in Nebraska's second congressional district (known as the "blue dot" of Omaha), a seat rated as leaning Democratic and considered a key pickup opportunity for the party in its bid to retake the US House of Representatives.