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Politics● LowOct 6 · Oct 6, 2026, 1:17 PM

The Democratic pastor turning ruby-red Kansas into a Senate battleground

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from CBS News · North America

Kansas hasn't elected a Democratic senator in over 90 years, but new polling shows a dead-heat race between Republican incumbent Roger Marshall and Democrat Reverend Adam Hamilton. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

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