Dan Osborn launches political action committee to help working class candidates

Dan Osborn is returning to his job as a steamfitter in Omaha after his U.S. Senate campaign came up short, but he's not done with his foray into politics.

The former independent candidate is launching a political action committee to help other working-class candidates run for office.

Osborn's Working Class Heroes Fund will support labor unions and strike funds, organize working class voters and fund working-class candidates.

Osborn lost his U.S. Senate race to Republican Deb Fischer, but his seven percentage point loss was nearly 14% closer than Kamala Harris’s 21 percentage point loss to Donald Trump in Nebraska. That result means Osborn outperformed Harris by more than any other non-Republican Senate candidate in the country.

In his election night concession speech, Osborn said his candidacy will change American politics.

“Even though we did not win this race, I have no doubt that what happened here in Nebraska will be a spark that ignites a working-class movement all across the country,” Osborn said. “A movement of plumbers, nurses, teachers, carpenters, cashiers, truck drivers, regular people who are willing to take a stand against corruption and demand a seat at the table for working people.”

The Working Class Heroes fund will be the only country's only organization "dedicated to uniting and mobilizing working people across party lines to give the working class a seat at the table," according to the Osborn campaign.