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Kansas Senate Race Tied In New Poll, Red State Could Flip

Democrat Adam Hamilton is competing for a Kansas Senate seat last won by his party in 1932, now statistically deadlocked with Republican incumbent Roger Marshall.

On air: Vera Bullock on BBN Newsroom
Published 3:51 PM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Daily Caller: “GOP Senator Roger Marshall Tied With Democrat Adam Hamilton In Deep-Red Kansas: POLL”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 3:51 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Vera Bullock.
Topics: Democrat, Kansas, Margaret Hamilton, GOP, Maine Senate.
BBN covered this story before: Viral Democrat parody sounds eerily like James Talarico (October 12).

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The Daily CallerGOP Senator Roger Marshall Tied With Democrat Adam Hamilton In Deep-Red Kansas: POLL

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA new poll has Republican Senator Roger Marshall tied with Democrat Adam Hamilton in Kansas, which could go blue for the first time since nineteen thirty-two.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorJoining me from Topeka is lobbyist Octavia Prindle, who represents both campaigns. Octavia, how does one person do that?
Octavia PrindleEfficiently, Vera. Speaking only for my coalition, Farmers for Marshall, I find a tie deeply healthy.
Octavia PrindleSpeaking only for my coalition, Hamilton Neighbors, I also find it healthy.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThose are opposite coalitions. Who is paying you today?
Octavia PrindleEveryone, in a balanced way.
Octavia PrindleI have a laminated seating chart for two victory parties, but I've only been paid in full if the results stay tied.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo you want it tied forever.
Octavia PrindleI want democracy to be close. Speaking only for my coalition, Undecided Kansans, I have already asked them to split evenly.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou lobbied the undecided voters?
Octavia PrindleGently. With a gift basket, and one basket per side, to avoid the appearance of preference.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me ask you plainly. If Kansas flips for the first time in ninety-odd years, who do you celebrate with?
Octavia PrindleBoth parties, at the same hotel, in adjacent ballrooms, sharing one caterer. The shrimp is non-partisan.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOne caterer.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLater this half hour, which former president just cut an ad for Michigan's Senate race?
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd for this interview my slogan is Kansas: Pick Both, paid for by Octavia Prindle.
Octavia PrindleThat will be four hundred dollars for the mention, billed to both of us.