Adam Hamilton beat Senator Roger Marshall 50.9% to 46.0% on NBC's projection, while Kansas's governor's race stood uncalled at 50.3% to 49.7%.
Adam Hamilton beat Senator Roger Marshall 50.9% to 46.0% in Kansas's Senate race, a Democratic flip on NBC's projection1. Hamilton had raised about 13 times as much as Marshall from July to September, and Republican-side money arrived late: the Senate Leadership Fund gave $2.7m to Plains PAC, which filed $1.59m against him in October.
Kansas's governor's race stood uncalled at 50.3% to 49.7%2 on Wednesday.
Kansas, a Republican-leaning state in the US Midwest, elected Democrat Adam Hamilton to the US Senate, unseating Republican Senator Roger Marshall. The race for Kansas governor was too close to call on Wednesday, with the two leading candidates less than one point apart.
Marshall's fundraising trailed far behind his challenger's: he raised $618,222 from 16 July to Hamilton's $8.27m. Party help did not fill the gap, because the national Republican Senate committee spent nothing with its Kansas nominee in early October.
The late money in Kansas came from super PACs on both sides. WinSenate, Senate Majority PAC's ad-buying affiliate, reported advertising against Marshall from 10 October, while SLF money reached the race through Plains PAC.
Kansas's governorship stays undecided while the remaining ballots are counted.
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