Sabato’s Crystal Ball shifts Kansas Senate to toss-up

Sabato’s Crystal Ball, an election handicapper, shifted the Kansas Senate race to a “toss-up” amid growing voter dissatisfaction with the GOP over the economy. 

The group noted in its explanation they were “hesitant” to shift the race but “a full-on Republican rescue operation appears underway for” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), who is running for his second term against Democrat Adam Hamilton. 

Many GOP strategists worry Kansas has shifted away from the party as the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a PAC aligned with Republican Senate leadership, already dropped $14 million into Marshall’s reelection bid earlier this month. 

While Kansas has not elected a Democratic senator since 1932, Hamilton poses a unique challenge against Marshall due to controversy surrounding the senator and the Sunflower State’s growing disapproval of the face of the GOP: President Trump.

According to Civiqs’s presidential approval tracker, Trump’s........

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