Nebraska U.S. Senate race gets weirder

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So, we have:

Labor leader Dan Osborn running as an Independent. The Democratic Party endorses him.

Trumpublican plant William Forbes is running as a Democrat.

Cindy Burbank is running as a Democrat with the sole purpose of defeating Forbes. If she wins, she is dropping out and throwing her support to Osborn.

From TNR
https://newrepublic.com/post/208349/democratic-nebraska-senate-candidate-republican-trick-voters

Nebraska’s Senate primary has been thrown into chaos, all because of a 79-year-old pastor who is either an extremely bizarre Democrat or a Republican plant meant to split the vote.

William Forbes entered Nebraska’s Democratic primary in early March, just before the state’s filing deadline, CNN reported Monday. This came in defiance of state Democratic Party leadership, who are backing independent candidate Dan Osborn in the race to defeat incumbent Republican Senator Pete Ricketts...

State Democrats are fighting back through a woman named Cindy Burbank, who filed for the Democratic primary solely to defeat Forbes and has said she plans to immediately drop out if she wins and endorse Osborn. Nebraska’s Republican secretary of state initially removed Burbank from the ballot, arguing she couldn’t run in good faith after making such statements. Burbank promptly took her case to the state Supreme Court and was reinstated.