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Trump Campaigns for Marshall in Kansas Amid Tight Race
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In Short: Marshall's campaign also received in-person boosts from Vice President JD Vance, who visited Kansas twice, and a roster of Trump administration officials.
President Trump rallied for Kansas Senator Roger Marshall in Salina, urging voters to support Marshall over his Democratic opponent, Adam Hamilton.
Marshall, who initially focused on federal tax cuts, immigration crackdowns, and military investments, told more than 2,000 people at the rally that Hamilton was too liberal for Kansans.
Trump brought Air Force One to Salina, a city known for its frozen pizza plant, as part of a campaign push to reinforce his support for Marshall, a Republican displaying unblemished loyalty to Trump.
Marshall's campaign also received in-person boosts from Vice President JD Vance, who visited Kansas twice, and a roster of Trump administration officials.
Hamilton, the Democratic candidate, emphasized Marshall's mishandling of a church camp abuse case in 2005 and his opposition to releasing U.S. Department of Justice documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Hamilton's campaign spokesperson Glynnis Harvey criticized Marshall's campaign, stating that no amount of Washington politicians parachuting in would save the senator from his flailing campaign.
Marshall's struggle is puzzling given the overwhelming support Kansas voters have historically given to Republican candidates.
Trump also announced a new $8 billion diesel inflation bailout for farmers, which Marshall had lobbied for, at the rally.
The president's road show reboot in Kansas was designed to reinforce his support for Marshall, who faces an unexpectedly tough reelection bid in a traditionally Republican-leaning state.
Trump plans to hold an event in Washington, D.C., on Monday to close out the final campaign push before Tuesday's election.
Background
Trump's expanded campaign schedule includes Iowa and Florida, signaling an increased focus on red states as Republicans grow nervous heading into the final stretch of the midterms.
President Donald Trump arrived in Mississippi on Monday, Oct. 24, 2026, to speak at a campaign rally at Crossroads Arena in Corinth, Mississippi, in support of Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces a stiff challenge from Democrat Scott Colom.
What's confirmed
- Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ty Masterson.
What's still developing
- “Just two days from now, the people of Kansas are going to reelect Roger Marshall to the United States Senate,” Trump said.
- The senator said Marshall mishandled a church camp abuse case in 2005, was in the pocket of Senate Democratic leaders and was fond of environmental reforms in the proposed Green New Deal.
- Two years after President Trump earned 57% of the vote, Kansas Republicans are grappling with the possibility that a Democrat could win a U.S. Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.
- US President Donald Trump is heading to Kansas to open a seven-state campaign blitz through territory he carried in 2024, as polls and unexpectedly tight races in Republican strongholds stoke fears of sweeping Democratic gains in November's midterms.
- With 15 days until the November 3 vote, Trump's rally on the outskirts of Wichita on Monday aims to shore up Senator Roger Marshall, who is locked in a dead heat with a Methodist megachurch pastor.
- US President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled planned weekend campaign stops in Kansas and Iowa, and his allies said he would instead phone in to rallies nationwide after four weeks of travel to boost Republicans' election chances.
- MAGA Inc, a campaign funding group aligned with Trump, said on Thursday it would host a series of "tele-rallies" with the president in at least 19 states, including Kansas and Iowa, before Election Day.
- Roger Marshall won his seat in 2020 after representing a sprawling House district across western Kansas.
- The Kansas Senate debate between Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton showed why Republicans are so worried about losing a Senate seat in what has been a reliably red state.
- The debate within the debate was Marshall name-dropping Chuck Schumer like he was Nancy Pelosi in a 2010 Republican campaign ad.
- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., lobbied for the $8 billion diesel inflation bailout for farmers, according to President Donald Trump, who announced it at Monday night's midterm campaign rally. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP / AP Images) Trump compared this farmer bailout fund to the $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program given earlier this year and the total of $28 billion given to farmers in his first administration, including $12 billion before the 2018 midterms.
- He had brief stints at Marshall (1989-90) and Kansas State (1990-94) before a lengthy run at Creighton (1994-2010).
Sources
- Kansas Reflectorlink
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- WarpBeat — background on Trump Campaigns in Florida Amid Midterm Tensions link
- WarpBeat — background on Trump Campaigns in Mississippi Amid Midterm Challenges link
- Fox News — video link