Undercover Video Catches Nebraska Candidate Explaining Plan for Dem Senate Nominee to Drop Out
Kyle Olson
Townhall
July 27, 2026
A video obtained by Townhall Media shows “nonpartisan” legislative candidate Caitlin Knutson matter-of-factly divulging the secret to a complete stranger.
In the video, Knutson tells an unidentified individual that the original plan was for Democrats not to field a candidate, allowing Osborn a clear path to take on Ricketts. But then an “extremely conservative” pastor and a woman named Cindy Burbank filed to run. Burbank won the primary, but the plan is “she will step out because she doesn’t see the pathway to victory.”
Knutson continued, “Then the general election, it will be Osborn versus Ricketts so there won’t be votes pulled away by a third [candidate].”
As for Osborn’s true partisan allegiances, the video captures Knutson indicating Osborn “is a Democrat.”
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“So he’s basically a Democrat,” the individual pressed.
“Yeah, I mean, yeah,” Knutson said with a laugh. “When it comes to working-class issues, for sure.”
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