BREAKING ELECTION ALERT: Democrat WINS governor's race in DEEP-RED Kansas

in a traditionally read state. The Associated Press projects. that Democratic candidate Cindy. HOLSCHER WILL BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, DEFEATING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TY MASTERSON. THIS IS A HOLD FOR THE DEMOCRATS. MICHELLE, THE WINDS KEEP ROLLING IN, AND THIS IS A STATE THAT ELECTED, SHE REPLACES A DEMOCRAT, BUT THIS IS A STATE THAT. NOTABLY. IS SENDING A DEMOCRAT TO THE U .S.

SENATE AS WELL. AND A STATE THAT HAD BEEN SEEN. AS A RED STRONGHOLD FOR a very long time. I don't think anyone would be smart to make. that kind of projection going into 2028. Clearly, affordability was an issue here, but I think this Kansas is a state where. the displeasure with Donald Trump really. made a difference in the state. And some are saying that small things, like we have to remember the Algerians set up. their base camp in Kansas during the World Cup. It was a moment of SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE,

SEEING ANOTHER CULTURE, KIND OF OPENED UP THINGS. BUT THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A BLUE WAVE THAT. JUST KEEPS ROLLING. AND IT'S SORT OF. IT'S SO GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY AND. FOR OUR POLITICS THAT NO ONE CAN. IGNORE ANY CORNER OF OUR COUNTRY ANYMORE. You know, they had tried to make that argument. I remember in the first Obama administration, they were saying we're going to compete. everywhere. And then they sort of pulled back from that. in more recent elections and, you know, with Hillary Clinton and with Joe Biden.

I think it's a... WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT. THIS YEAR, AND IT WILL MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO MAYBE SPEND MORE. RESOURCES, BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S HARDER TO TARGET. THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER. IT'S HARDER TO TARGET THESE MARKETS IN HOPSCOTCH. OVER STATES. CORRECT, I THINK IT'S CORRECT. YOU SHOULD, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SHOULD. KICK THE TIRES ON THEIR POLITICIANS. AND PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO SAY THE SAME. THING NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE. I THINK IT REALLY KIND OF. I THINK ELON MUSK CONTINUES TO. BE THE BIGGEST LOSER.

WELL, EXACTLY, THE MONEY DID MAKE A. DIFFERENCE IN A LOT. OF THESE RACES AND MANY OF THE. CANDIDATES WHO WON WERE outspent significantly. Correct. And so it's not that you can make the argument. with money. What people are looking is for candidates who will. improve. the material conditions of their lives, who will speak to the cost of living, who will speak to their worries. about health care and who will. also speak to the worry about leaving their children. with the world that they deserve. Exactly. And that's where it comes down to decency.