Kansas Is Now a Senate Battleground. Here Is What the Numbers Say Roger Marshall Needs in the Final Four Days
A new CNN poll has Democrat Adam Hamilton ahead, and President Trump has swapped Saturday's Salina rally for tele-rallies. But the same poll shows a Republican-leaning pool of persuadable voters, and that is where this race will be decided.
By Clara Hughes
Kansas has not sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932, Scripps News noted this week. Four days before Election Day, Republicans are working hard to keep that streak alive. A CNN poll released October 29 found Democrat Adam Hamilton at 49% and Republican Sen. Roger Marshall at 45% among 838 likely Kansas voters. The survey was conducted October 20–26 online and by phone and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 points. A four-point lead inside that margin means the race is close, not settled. Earlier this month, a New York Times/Siena poll had the two men tied at 45% each, with 6% undecided, the Kansas News Service reported. Taken together, the two surveys describe a race that has moved from "safe Republican" to toss-up territory in a state Mr. Trump has carried by double digits since 2016. The rally that was not On October 29, Kansas GOP Chair Danedri Herbert confirmed that President Trump's planned Saturday rally at Salina Regional Airport had been canceled, The Kansas City Star reported. Herbert said she learned of it from the Republican National Committee. "They are going to do a series of tele-rallies,"