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Trump stumping for Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas with midterms 15…

The Cook Political Report has moved the Kansas Senate race to Toss Up, and Democrat Adam Hamilton hopes to be the state's first Senate Democrat in nearly a century; the parking is ready.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPresident Trump is in Kansas tonight to campaign for Senator Roger Marshall, fifteen days before the midterms.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is at the rally in Park City. Lola?

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm outside Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, and behind me is the overflow lot at Gilley's Gambling Hall.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentA shuttle ran from noon to four-thirty.

  5. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentDoors opened at two-thirty, and the president's remarks are scheduled for six.

  6. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentIt is his first visit to Kansas since he became president.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKansas went for him by more than sixteen points in twenty twenty-four. Why does the senator need him there?

  8. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentBecause the Cook Political Report moved this race from Solid Republican to Toss Up.

  9. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentMarshall is running for a second term against Democrat Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSixteen points.

  11. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI have seen lines hold with less cushion than that, Hank.

  12. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHamilton hopes to be the first Democrat elected to the Senate in Kansas in nearly a century.

  13. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentIn a Truth Social post, the president called him a "Radical Left LUNATIC Dumocrat." Hamilton's answer was, "Welcome to Kansas, Mr. President."

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne of them said welcome. The other one capitalized lunatic.

  15. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSixteen points, Hank, and the supply line is a gambling hall.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, is there a front headed for Kansas, or does it only feel like one?

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The story so far

  1. A megachurch pastor is running for Senate in Kansas · The New York Times
  2. Bill Self stays at Kansas as Saturday's slate looms · Yahoo Sports
  3. Sen. Susan Collins struggles to name a time she stopped Trump · The Washington Post
  4. Slotkin urges prosecutions to deter young Trump staffers · New York Post
  5. Trump heads to Kansas to back Sen. Marshall in tight race · The Guardian
  6. Trump rallies in Kansas; Supreme Court takes up home distilling · The Washington Times
  7. Trump stumping for Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas with midterms 15… (this story)

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