Nebraska Governor Faces Two Challengers

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Football coach-turned-congressman Tom Osborne tried to take down Gov. Dave Heineman on Tuesday in the Republican primary for governor of this football-crazy state. In the nation's only other primary Tuesday, Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia handily won the Democratic race and will face businessman John Raese, who beat out five other Republicans. The 88-year-old Byrd, an outspoken Iraq war critic seeking a record ninth term, is a major target of the GOP this year.

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