Recording of ex-Osborn staffer puts focus back on ties to Maine's Platner

Source: Omaha World Herald

Aaron Sanderford 4 mins ago

A recording of a now-former staffer of Dan Osborn's nonpartisan campaign acknowledging that Osborn helped "recruit" Maine Democrat Graham Platner has dragged Nebraska's U.S. Senate race into the morass of Maine's.

The ex-staffer, who declined to comment Tuesday when reached by The World-Herald, quit the campaign last week and moved into private life. The staffer asked not to be named, expressing safety concerns.

But the recording, published first by Townhall.com, contradicted the Osborn campaign's comments in a June 10 World-Herald story, in which a staffer said Osborn was "not an endorser or supporter of Platner."

The Townhall video shows the staffer telling a person recording that Osborn has "recruited other candidates around the country to run that are doing similar things,” including, the staffer added, independent and Democratic candidates.