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GOP Candidates Break with Trump as Kansas Senate Race Becomes a Race to Watch
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- Sep 27, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC
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Republicans in some of the country’s most competitive midterm races are breaking with President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda.
Republicans across the country are increasingly putting distance between themselves and the president, breaking with him on issues ranging from the war with Iran to immigration. Kansas, a state that hasn't sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in nearly 100 years, is suddenly in play for Democrats. Polls show Democratic…
With the midterms just under six weeks away, more Republican candidates are coming to the belated realization that, if they want to save their seats, they could perhaps use some distance from the very unpopular president whose approval is reaching new lows. N…