# It’s the last state anyone would expect to go blue. Now, after 100 years of Republican rule,Trump faces a midterm crisis in Kansas

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/its-the-last-state-anyone-would-expect-to-go-blue-now-after-100-years-of-republican-ruletrump-faces-a-midterm-crisis-in-kansas/
- Published: 2026-10-22T19:49:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T20:15:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16228651/Kansas-Trump-midterm-crisis-Republican.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Elections, Government, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- Kansas’s Senate race is unexpectedly close.
- Diesel costs are weighing on voters.
- Sedgwick County could decide the contest.

## Summary

Kansas is facing an unexpectedly close US Senate race, putting the state’s 94-year Republican winning streak at risk. A Democratic victory could help Democrats take control of the Senate, complicating Donald Trump’s final two years in office; the article says Trump’s approval rating in Kansas has fallen to 40 per cent.

Rising diesel prices are a major concern in the state, where farms and transport depend on fuel, and the article links the increase to the Iran war. The contest between Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton and Republican incumbent Roger Marshall may hinge on Sedgwick County, which includes Wichita: Trump won it by 14 points in 2024, while he carried Kansas by 16 points statewide. Both candidates face controversies, including allegations of a sex abuse cover-up at Hamilton’s church and scrutiny of Marshall’s patient debt collection practices and Florida home.

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