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Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton face off in fiery final Kansas Senate debate
The Republican incumbent and his Democratic challenger participated in their second debate Wednesday night as a surprise battleground race heads toward the finish line.
The Hill
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The Hill and NBC News both center Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton’s final Kansas debate, and both frame the race as unusually close and consequential. NBC’s version calls it a “fiery” faceoff and a “surprise battleground race,” while The Hill repeatedly emphasizes that Marshall is fighting for his political life; The Hill also runs live and full-debate posts, which are not mirrored by NBC. CBS News does not cover Kansas here, instead pairing the cluster with a separate Michigan Senate debate.
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