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Senate Republicans Move Cash From Purple North Carolina To Red Kansas As Battle For Majority Shifts

Cooper is the Democratic candidate whom Michael Whatley is seeking to defeat in North Carolina.

Senate Republicans Move Cash From Purple North Carolina To Red Kansas As Battle For Majority Shifts
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Republican Senate campaign spending is shifting from North Carolina toward Kansas, as the party faces tighter-than-expected races and works to defend its majority. The shift puts the contests involving Roy Cooper, Michael Whatley, Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton in sharper focus.

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Roy Cooper
D · NC

Democratic Senate candidate in North Carolina

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Roger Marshall
R · KS · SEN

Republican senator seeking reelection in Kansas

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Democratic Senate candidate in Kansas

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Republican Senate candidate in North Carolina

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Jon Ossoff
D · GA · SEN

Democratic senator from Georgia

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President and Republican political figure discussed in connection with the Senate races

Mike Collins
R · GA-10

Republican representative and Senate candidate in Georgia

Tim Scott
R · SC · SEN

Senator and chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee

ALSO MENTIONED  Alexis Simmons, Democratic state representative from Topeka; Bill Graves, Former Republican governor of Kansas; DJ Griffin, Spokesperson for Michael Whatley's campaign; Ellen Johnson, Lead organizer for Indivisible Topeka; Jeanna Repass, Chair of the Kansas Democratic Party; Jeff Allen, Roy Cooper's campaign manager; Lauren French, Spokesperson for the Senate Majority PAC; Mike Hayden, Former Republican governor of Kansas; Tim Waters, Chair of the Peach County Republican Party

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Senate Leadership Fund Shifts Spending Away From North Carolina Senate Race

Outlets report Republican groups are shifting planned spending away from North Carolina’s Senate race, where polls show Roy Cooper leading Michael Whatley. Left-leaning outlets place the shift in the broader effort to defend Republicans’ Senate majority. Center outlets connect it to Whatley’s polling challenge and the changing contests in North Carolina and Kansas. Right-leaning outlets emphasize that the race remains competitive and that substantial ad reservations remain in the state.

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