Kansas Republican Party

You've got to keep people on your toes, which is how it is when you go across the campaign trail.

I ended up speaking with Adam Hamilton after his campaign stop that he did in Lawrence, Kansas for a Get Out the Vote event and then spent some time on the Kansas Republican Party's bus tour across the state and talking to both candidates and seeing both candidates in action.

They would also agree this is a competitive race.

Domenico, I do want to zoom in on the race's specifics in just a moment, but I also just want to zoom out and talk about Kansas because this is not a state we have talked very much about on the pod in recent years because this was not thought to be a competitive Senate race until very recently.

for a Saturday morning as we're starting off a whole nother weekend, man.

And it is day number six of the KSGOP bus tour.

We have been all over the place, man.

It's been great.

That's insane.

We're talking with U.S.

Senator Roger Marshall right here on the KSGOP bus tour around the state of Kansas.

Let's go to immigration for a moment.

Man, we are going through this week, it has been a blur so far.

I'm still on the campaign trail all across the state of Kansas with our friends over at the Kansas Republican Party, holding rallies around the state, getting people energized and excited.

Midterm season is officially here, and I know you're excited about it as well.

Early voting starting in many places around the country.

I get it.

That's her job, okay? And I completely respect her job here is to in part say, this is why the Kansas Republican Party is going to be fine in this U.S.

Senate race.

Democrat hasn't won it since 1932.

So we'll bring you a whole bit.

Denise Herbert, the chair of the Kansas Republican Party.

And maybe a few others might swing by.

I'm just teasing you here.

We're going to do it again from 10 to 3 on Halloween.

So you can come door knock with us.

The Kansas Republican Party's midterm bus tour will visit 21 cities over the next six days.

And that kicks off tomorrow.

We will have most of it covered for you right here on Wichita's big talker, KQAM, throughout the week with updates and even some live rallies in the evenings.

We'll do all that, but really excited to have on here to kick off and talk about some of this, our very own chairwoman for the Kansas Republican Party, Danedri Herbert's with us here this morning.

Tanedre, how are you, my friend?

Good, thanks.

It's very strange.

So-

Uh, we're talking with Denigeer Herbert, the chairwoman for the Kansas Republican Party.

You're right.

In fact, it's not even looking good in Kansas anymore, where Republicans have won every Senate race since 1932.

The incumbent senator, Roger Marshall, was just booed by a large crowd at the state fair, and the chair of the Kansas Republican Party, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, is publicly asking national Republican groups to spend more money in the state, which is never a good sign.

As the chair put it, quote, "Kansas gets overlooked a lot because we are reliably red, but this is a weird cycle." Yes, this is a weird cycle.

Now, even taking into account that the incumbent party usually loses seats in a midterm election, this is shaping up to be a very weird cycle indeed.