Pete Ricketts defeats Dan Osborn in Nebraska Senate race

Republican Pete Ricketts defeated independent Dan Osborn in Nebraska’s U.S. Senate race.

Ricketts was the incumbent, and Osborn is a mechanic and military veteran.

The result keeps the seat in Republican hands in a state described as deep red.

Two other candidates were also listed: Chuck Conboy of the America First Party and Robin Richards of the Working People Party.

The race was for Nebraska’s seat in the U.S. Senate, the upper chamber of the U.S. Congress.

Ricketts’s win maintains Republican control of the seat.

The sources do not say what comes next.