Tea Party-Backed Candidate Fischer Pulls Upset in Nebraska GOP Senate Race
By Rick Pearcey • May 16, 2012, 06:06 AM
An insurgent Republican lawmaker in Nebraska will square off against former Sen. Bob Kerrey this fall in the state’s U.S. Senate race, as Democrats look to hold onto the Senate seat and control of one part of Capitol Hill.
In Tuesday’s Republican primary, state Sen. Deb Fischer rode a wave of discontent with the GOP establishment to best Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, the preferred candidate of Washington, D.C.-based Republicans, and Treasurer Don Stenberg in a race that drew national attention from outside groups in its final, unpredictable weeks.
Among those who endorsed Fischer: Sarah Palin and Herman Cain.
