Kansas Senate race on a knife edge as Democrats aim to end 94 years of Republican dominance
Topics: 2026 Midterm Elections
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- The Guardian US reports: “Kansas has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932 – does Adam Hamilton have the courage, brain and heart to cause an extraordinary upset?Just two years after Donald Trump won Kansas by 16 poi…”
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