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Earthquake as Trump dooms GOP in red state stronghold he won 3 times
US President Donald J. Trump in Washington, D.C., US, September 18, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
Kansas Republicans Built Their Own Trap
A Red State Is Not a Blank Check
Kansas remains structurally Republican: it has not backed a Democratic presidential nominee since 1964 and has not elected a Democratic senator since 1932. Donald Trump carried the state in three consecutive presidential elections, while Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s victories in 2018 and 2022 were exceptions to the prevailing partisan order. Yet Mona Charen, writing in The Bulwark, argues that Republican Senator Roger…
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