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Kansas Democrat’s pitch to voters amid historic Senate bid: ‘I’m gonna just fight like hell’

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Kansas has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932 – does Adam Hamilton have the courage, brain and heart to cause an extraordinary upset? Just two years after Donald Trump won Kansas by 16 points in his fight to regain the White House, Republicans in the state are scrambling to retain their do

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All five outlets frame the story as a closely watched Senate map, with Kansas and Texas getting the most attention and multiple pieces centered on tight Democratic challenges to Republican incumbents or strongholds. The New York Times is the only outlet here to foreground the broader spending imbalance, while CBS News and The Guardian emphasize Kansas as a possible break from long Republican dominance. The Los Angeles Times focuses on the Texas race’s scale and ad spending, and The Hill alone spotlights Mississippi and Pete Buttigieg as part of its framing.

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