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Bombshell in deep-red state as another ex-GOP governor endorses Dem

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AlterNet reports that former Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden, a lifelong Republican, endorsed Democratic Senate nominee Adam Hamilton in his campaign against Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. Hayden is the second former Republican governor, after Bill Graves, to back Hamilton.

In a Kansas City Star column published Friday, Hayden said Marshall had put party politics above Kansas interests. He specifically criticized the senator’s support for President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the Iran war, which Hayden linked to record-high diesel prices, rising farm costs, and greater bankruptcy risk…

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