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Trump makes final campaign push in Iowa and Kansas as Republicans try to hang on to majority

Trump is scheduled for Dubuque, Iowa, and Salina, Kansas, where Democrat Adam Hamilton could become the first Senate winner of his party there in ninety-four years; Kansas is still a surprise.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPresident Trump is making a final midterm push tonight in Iowa and Kansas, with stops in Dubuque and Salina, as Republicans try to hold their majority.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe first swapped those rallies for telephone events, then reversed course a day later. In Kansas he said he didn't feel he had to go.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNow he's going.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI call that a flexible schedule. And Kansas could send its first Democratic senator in ninety-four years if Adam Hamilton wins.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a thrilling thing to be nervous about.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn Iowa, more than four hundred thirty thousand early ballots were in by Saturday morning, the secretary of state says.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFour hundred thirty thousand people have already decided, and the rally is for everyone else. Possibly a dozen of them.

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