Scoop: GOP super PAC jumps into Nebraska Senate race with $1.4M ad buy

• The group, Cornhusker Majority, appears to have been created last week and uses the same Google Analytics code associated with other SLF entities.
• An SLF spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Zoom in: Dan Osborn, an independent who received backing from Democrats' main Senate super PAC in 2024, is making his second run against a GOP Senate incumbent in Nebraska.

• Nebraska hasn't been a top Democratic target this cycle, but Republicans have quietly worried that the state — which Trump carried by roughly 20 points in 2024 — could come into focus if the political environment deteriorates for the GOP.
• The ads will begin airing Wednesday in the Omaha, Lincoln and Sioux City media markets, according to Kinetiq Political Insights and AdImpact.
• Ricketts, who is independently wealthy, has already contributed $5.3 million to his own campaign.

Between the lines: The National Republican Senatorial Committee doesn't appear to be spending in Nebraska. While the group isn't previewing its investments, its most recent disclosure shows spending in New Hampshire, Ohio, Iowa, Alaska and Maine.

Zoom out: Republican super PACs, flush with cash, are beginning to invest heavily to defend Senate GOP leader John Thune's majority.

• Last week, they moved into Texas, where an SLF-affiliated group reserved more than $50 million.
• Republican outside groups are outspending Democrats in many of the key Senate races, including several states Trump won comfortably.