NE-SEN: Nebraska Dem Senate candidate voted for Trump, attended conservative training session
LINCOLN — Nebraska Democratic U.S. Senate candidate William Forbes told CNN that he voted for President Donald Trump and attended a training session earlier this year for conservative candidates, activists and staff.
CNN reports that Forbes, an anti-abortion pastor and registered Democrat from Paxton, said he attended a leadership training session in January organized by the Leadership Institute, a right-leaning organization based in Virginia that trains Republicans to run and help conservative campaigns. The Nebraska Republican Party had recommended and promoted the event. Forbes also told CNN he had voted for Trump in multiple elections.
In a follow-up text with the Examiner on Monday, Forbes said, “CNN just got played like a cheap fiddle by Dan Osborn and his desperate crew … I’m a real Democrat in the mold of JFK and Ben Nelson.”
The CNN interview with Forbes adds to weeks of candidate-related controversy in the race, with competing candidates calling several “plants” to help major candidates. Forbes told CNN he went to the conservative-backed event because he was “trying to get information from everybody.”
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/03/30/nebraska-dem-senate-candidate-voted-for-trump-attended-conservative-training-session/
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Running as a D but secretly a R? We might have one of those in Maine.
