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Spicer 'absolutely' worried as Kansas Senate seat draws handicappers

Election handicappers agree the Kansas Senate seat could flip Democratic, a state that hasn't voted blue since 1932—though voters seem more concerned with pancakes.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Tonight
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA former White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said tonight he is absolutely concerned about Republicans losing that Kansas Senate seat.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is in Kansas.

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm outside a diner in Wichita, and behind me a line of people is waiting on pancakes.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSpicer told NewsNation the race could flip, and handicappers agree, but nobody in this parking lot seems to have gotten the memo.

  5. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm grabbing this man coming out. Sir, a senator is in a dead heat in a state that hasn't voted blue since nineteen thirty-two.

  6. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentAre you worried?

  7. Gus HalvorsenMa'am, I'm worried about my lawn. The senate seat has been fine for ninety years, and my grass has been dying since July.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNinety years.

  9. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI asked about the Senate and he gave me a landscaping update, Hank. The only thing around here that's flipping tonight is a pancake.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDoes the pancake lean blue?

  11. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentIt's undecided, and it's been that way for ten minutes.

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The story so far

  1. Kansas Senate Race Gets $5M Democratic Cash Injection · The New York Times
  2. Press secretary pick, House forecast shifts, Kansas Senate race · Washington Examiner
  3. Kansas Senate Race: Times Profiles Democrat Adam Hamilton · The New York Times
  4. Kansas Senate Race Tied In New Poll, Red State Could Flip · The Daily Caller
  5. Spicer 'absolutely' worried as Kansas Senate seat draws handicappers (this story)

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