Nebraska: GOP Picks Up Nelson's Senate Seat

Bridget Johnson

November 06, 2012 8:44 PM

Former governor and Sen. Bob Kerrey (D) fell short in his quest to be the comeback kid as he failed to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Ben Nelson (D).

With 63 percent of precincts reporting, Kerrey trailed state senator Deb Fischer, who led the Democrat 58 percent to 42 percent.

Kerrey won the endorsement of Chuck Hagel, a two-term former GOP senator from the state. Fischer got a hand from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and conservative groups.

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Bridget Johnson is a veteran journalist whose news articles and analyses have run in dozens of news outlets across the globe. Bridget first came to Washington to be online editor at The Hill, where she wrote The World from The Hill column on foreign policy. Previously she was an opinion writer and editorial board member at the Rocky Mountain News and nation/world news columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News.

Bridget is a Senior Fellow specializing in terrorism analysis at the Haym Salomon Center. She is a Senior Risk Analyst for Gate 15, a homeland security risk management firm in the Beltway. She is an NPR contributor and has contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Politico, New York Daily News, The Jerusalem Post, The Hill, New York Observer, Washington Times, RealClearWorld and more, and has myriad television and radio credits including Al-Jazeera and SiriusXM. Bridget is Washington Editor for PJ Media.