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'Kitchen-table economics' just upended a safe Senate seat
What happened
AlterNet argues that economic pain from Republican policy has made Kansas’s traditionally safe Senate seat competitive. Democratic candidate Adam Hamilton received endorsements from two former Republican governors, including Mike Hayden, while a leading Republican Senate super PAC reportedly redirected money from North Carolina to defend incumbent Senator Roger Marshall.
The outlet attributes the shift to farm losses and rising costs linked to Trump administration decisions. It reports that retaliatory trade measures reduced demand for Kansas crops, tariffs raised machinery…
The skinny
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