Senate Democrats have some good news in an unlikely state, and I interview L.A. Mayor Karen Bass

about her mayoral campaign. I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie.

So we've got a rare strategic win in a very unlikely state. That's the state of Nebraska. So here's the deal.

There are two top candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in Nebraska.

One candidate is a guy named William Forbes. He is anti-abortion, voted for Donald Trump,

and attended conservative candidate trainings. So if it sounds like he's a plant intended to

ultimately boost incumbent Republican Senator Pete Rickett's chances, that sounds about right.

But the other candidate is Cindy Burbank. She's a pharmacy technician, community college

instructor from Omaha. But Cindy's race is interesting because she has indicated that she would

drop out of the general election to allow independent candidate Dan Osborne a head-to-head race

against Ricketts. And the numbers, by the way, would suggest that that's a good idea.

According to a brand new poll, if Democrat Cindy Burbank ran against Pete Ricketts,

she would trail him 49 to 38.

But if independent Dan Osborne ran against Ricketts,

he actually leads him 46 to 42.

So that would suggest that it would be very beneficial to have

Dan Osborne run and basically consolidate all support from the left, all support from the middle.

However, that only happens if Cindy Burbank is able to defeat this Republican plant, William Forbes.

So the good news, Tuesday night, that is exactly what happened.

Cindy Burbank won the Democratic nomination with more than 90% of the vote, meaning she's the

Democratic nominee, and now she's widely expected to immediately step down so that the Democratic

voters and independent voters can all consolidate behind one candidate who is not a Republican.

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