Cook Shifts Kansas, Nebraska Governor Races Toward Dems

Kansas Treasurer highlights pension progress, cash management wins, and taxpayer savings while seeking reelection.

Kansans weigh in on Vice President JD Vance visiting Topeka for a midterm election rally. Stacey Saldanha-Olson. More Videos

Overall, $749 million was spent in competitive federal and governor’s races between Oct. 20 and 27. Over that time period, Kansas’s Senate race saw an influx of $25 million, bringing total spending in the campaign to $67 million.

Democrats are favored to retake the House, but the fight for the Senate is tighter. Democrats must pick up four seats to retake control. The states to watch: Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio and Texas.

Gov. JB Pritzker is honorary chair of the PAC that was launched in September and vowed to spend $15 million to help Democrats in districts that President Donald Trump had previously won.

Vice President Vance was back in Kansas on Monday, marking the state's third visit from either Vance or President Trump in a little over a month. Why it matters: The visits come amid heightened political pressure in Kansas, where the Cook Political Report shifted the Senate race to a toss-up in early October. The state hasn't elected a Democratic senator for 94 years. The big picture: Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton are...

Advocates of making clergy mandatory reporters say it will help protect children from abuse. Opponents argue that it could discourage perpetrators from seeking help.