Juan Salinas II
@4nsmiley
A 20-something who covers politics in America’s heartland for @. Past gigs: Texas Tribune, KERA news, and Fort Worth Report 💌: jsalinas@ Signal: x4nsmiley.91
A conservative effort seeking to change the timing of local elections, give suburban and rural voters city voting power, and add term limits for the Lincoln City Council turns in signatures.
Read the NYTimes write-up on Cindy Burbank: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/u...
A week apart. Cindy Burbank dropped out one day after Dan Osborn’s signatures were verified to qualify for the November general election.
Visuals from our Nebraska Examiner’s analysis on the May primary turnout Read what it might mean for the general: nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/07/17/d...
Quick look at Nebraska Senate 2Q fundraising reports: Dan Osborn: $1,895,635 Pete Ricketts: $6,366,857 Osborn COH: $2,421,487 Ricketts COH: $6,910,969
NE-02 2Q fundraising: Denise Powell: $1,050,289.54 Brinker Harding: $621,353.39 Powell COH: $997,390.42 Harding COH: $1,048,622.70
Here for NE-02 Democratic nominee Denise Powell event with Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.
Speaking of letters, current and former GOP lawmakers wrote to Dan Osborn. The OWH wrote about it: omaha.com/news/local/g...
Nebraska State AFL-CIO Affiliated Union Leaders wrote to Robin Richards about her effort with the “Nebraska Working People Party”
Nebraska registered nonpartisan Senate candidate Dan Osborn's statement on a leaked recording from a former staffer saying Osborn helped recruit Platner, he said what she said was “false” Osborn also said Platner “shouldn't be a U.S. Senator”
Pete Buttigieg is coming to Omaha to campaign with NE-02 democratic candidate Denise Powell.
John Cartier is currently registered as a nonpartisan, the “America First Party” sponsor. Here is his voting record from the Lancaster County Election Commission office. Other stories said he is a registered democrat, which is currently not the case. nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/07/01/p...
Omaha Councilman Danny Begley, who introduced the Omaha minimum wage ordinance, said, “this should be a no-brainer for Omaha to pass it because the voters have spoken on it.” nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/06/29/i...
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers told me while other red states have seen tense relationships with Democratic-led cities, Nebraska hasn’t because the state has “a lot of really good public servants.”
A part of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen's office response to Flatwater's request for call logs from his phone. His decision not to carry a state-owned cellphone makes him the first governor in at least 20 years not to do so. flatwaterfreepress.org/nebraskas-go...
The nonpartisan candidate in Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District, Austin Ahlman, is having a town hall in Lincoln. Nebraska Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Cindy Burbank introduced him.
I asked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, after visiting Iowa and now Nebraska, whether he is gearing up for a 2028 presidential bid. He didn’t say no but said he was “focused on midterms” and “will be campaigning for Senate, House, and gubernatorial candidates all over the country.”