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Sharice Davids easily won reelection last year. How come she’s still a target for the GOP?

In November, Rep. Sharice Davids, a Kansas Democrat, celebrated as she coasted to a 12-percentage point victory over Republican challenger Amanda Adkins. Less than a year later, she’s one of the most vulnerable Democratic members of Congress, according to her own political party.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

New election, same result: Most incumbents win 2022 rematches

WASHINGTON — House incumbents facing tough rematches with their 2020 opponents almost all prevailed again in this year’s midterms, with only one falling to a repeat challenger after redistricting made for a more challenging race.

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New election, same result: Most incumbents win 2022 rematches - Roll Call

Most of the House members running in 2022 against the same opponent they had beaten in 2020 won again this year.

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Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids overcomes Republican wave to win third term in House

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids won her rematch against Republican Amanda Adkins in Kansas Tuesday, focusing heavily on preserving abortion rights to weather a Republican wave and secure her third term in the U.S. House.

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How vulnerable House incumbents fared in the 2022 midterms - Roll Call

Incumbent Democrats were defending 36 of the more than 50 competitive seats in the House in this year's midterm elections.

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Kansas US Rep. Davids seeks 3rd term in GOP-redrawn district

Kansas Republicans are hoping that a midterm election wave will sweep Democrat Sharice Davids out of her Kansas City-area congressional seat

The Independent UK

Why is a Democratic group helping the Libertarian in this tight Congressional race?

Steve Hohe, the Libertarian candidate running for Congress in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District, is getting campaign help from an unlikely source — a Democratic voting rights advocacy group.

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Young women turned out for abortion rights in Kansas. Will they be a force in November?

The weekend after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids spoke to a gathering of volunteers prepared to knock on doors ahead of Kansas’ August vote on abortion rights.

Tribune News Service

Kansas race tests which matters more: Economy or abortion?

Kansas' only Democrat in Congress is hoping abortion-rights voters remain fired up enough to save her swing-district seat even if some of them blame her party for housing and grocery prices

The Independent UK

Kansas Democrats are still using Sam Brownback to drag down Republicans. Will it work?

WASHINGTON — Sam Brownback hasn’t gone away.

Tribune News Service

Kansas has one of the most competitive US House seat races. Does Davids or Adkins have momentum?

WASHINGTON — Republicans created fertile ground for Amanda Adkins to win the Kansas 3rd Congressional District, but shifting national momentum might stifle their chances of a successful harvest in the fall.

Tribune News Service

GOP's desperate abortion scramble

With abruptly scrubbed websites and "well, actually" op-eds, anti-abortion Republicans claim they never meant it

Salon

‘It’s over with’: Abortion recount hampers Kansas Republicans’ pivot to general election

Kansas Republicans have spent the past two weeks trying to move on.

Tribune News Service

Missouri AG Schmitt says he’ll take a ‘wrecking ball’ to DOJ as Republicans react to Trump raid

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri, decried an FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, calling it an “unprecedented weaponization” of the Department of Justice against one of President Joe Biden’s political opponents.

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‘Ongoing fight.’ What does Kansas’ strong vote for abortion rights mean for November?

Democrats nationwide latched onto Kansas’ resounding affirmation of abortion rights as a sign of good things to come.

Roll Call

Democrats double down on abortion rights after Kansas referendum

The defeat of a Kansas abortion referendum by 18 points signals voters are rejecting what Democrats call the GOP's "extreme" politics.

Tribune News Service

Davids and Adkins set for November rematch in key Kansas suburban swing district

It’s a rematch.

Roll Call

What happened in House and Senate primaries in five states - Roll Call

Votes held in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington will set key matchups for the fall and could end some incumbents’ careers.

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The Independent UK

Vulnerable House Dems see abortion as winning campaign theme

The Supreme Court’s decision to repeal a woman’s federal constitutional right to abortion has scrambled the political dynamics heading into the November elections, when control of Congress is at stake

Tribune News Service

Abortion is on the ballot in Kansas. Will it motivate Democrats and help Davids?

WASHINGTON — As crowds grew in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in the aftermath of a landmark ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion, Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids’ campaign announced that, in Kansas, it would gather the next morning.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Friday celebrated the U.S. Supreme court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, calling it a sweeping decision that would change the shape of American politics for the next decade.

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Kansas Supreme Court upholds congressional map that splits diverse Wyandotte County

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map that divides racially diverse Wyandotte County, a blow to Democrats who argued the redrawn lines diluted minority voter power.

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‘This is government action targeting other Kansans’: State high court weighs gerrymandering

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court had sharp questions on Monday for both sides in a historic fight over whether the state constitution prohibits gerrymandering that will decide the future of the Kansas City-area congressional district held by Democrat Sharice Davids.

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