Republican U.S. senator from Kansas
8 stories from The GOP Files, newest first. Last in the news Oct 26.
Building the Future, an offshoot of the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, is backing Republican Ty Masterson in Kansas. Democrat Cindy Holscher says the spending shows who he would answer to as data center anger grows.
The USDA's one-time Harvest Fuel Relief Program offers help, but diesel is still above $6 a gallon and farm margins stay thin. Farm-state Republicans face tight races on Nov. 3.
Diesel has roughly doubled in eight months because of the Iran war, and Iowa farmers are feeling it. Both of Iowa's open top races are competitive for the first time in over a decade.
More than 13 million ballots were cast by Tuesday, and NPR reports nearly 21 million by Friday. Early turnout is up in several GOP-held Senate states, but experts warn it may not predict the result.
A new poll shows Trump's approval among rural voters back above water after a bad September. Republicans still face close Senate races in Iowa, Kansas and Alaska, and the poll did not find that rural voters had turned against him.
At Kansas's final Senate debate, Republican Sen. Roger Marshall said he would remove the cap on income taxed for Social Security, going further than his Democratic opponent. In 2020 his stated fix for Social Security was to look at raising the retirement age for younger workers.
At Wednesday's final Kansas Senate debate, Sen. Roger Marshall attacked the Affordable Care Act and the cost of food stamps. Fact-checkers say he overstated the food stamp numbers. His own 2025 promises about Medicaid and seniors now face a record of coverage losses and federal cuts.
Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton traded attacks over Trump, tariffs, Iran and Chuck Schumer. Analysts rate the Kansas race a toss-up, which matters for control of the Senate.
