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Trump Visits Kansas Monday as Farmer Costs and Senate Race Test GOP Ahead of Midterms
President Trump is heading to Kansas on Monday and Iowa later in the week as Republicans invest heavily in Senate races amid concerns about voter enthusiasm among farmers facing diesel costs more than $2.50 per gallon higher than last year. Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall faces a challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton, with Democrats having not won a Kansas Senate race in 94 years. Kansas Farm Bureau president Glenn Brunkow said economic frustrations are dampening agricultural voters' enthusiasm at the polls. Recent immigration raids in western Kansas resulted in the detention of more than 100 people, adding to rural GOP voters' concerns about workforce needs.