2 Former GOP Kansas Governors Endorse Adam Hamilton in Toss-Up Senate Race
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 10
2 Former GOP Kansas Governors Endorse Adam Hamilton in Toss-Up Senate Race
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 10
Summary
Mike Hayden and Bill Graves, two former Republican Kansas governors, endorsed Democrat Adam Hamilton as he tries to unseat incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall in a race newly rated a toss-up.
Graves said Republicans in Congress have yielded too readily to the executive branch, while Hayden cited Marshall’s support for the Iran war and Trump tariffs despite harm to Kansans.
Hamilton has built a centrist, cross-party campaign around that opening, launching a “Republicans for Hamilton” group and touting endorsements from more than 100 Kansas Republicans, including Marshall’s former primary rival Arch Naramore.
National money is now following the race: Senate Majority PAC announced a $5 million Kansas ad buy starting Saturday, while the top GOP-aligned Senate super PAC began spending Friday after Cook shifted the contest from Lean Republican.