Politics● Elevated2h ago · Nov 4, 2026, 5:24 AM
A Democratic Senator for Kansas
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Democrats won a Senate seat in Kansas for the first time in nearly 100 years. Our election data reporter Christine Zhang talks about the growing Democratic footprint in the state.
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