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Overall, $749 million was spent in competitive federal and governor’s races between Oct. 20 and 27. Over that time period, Kansas’s Senate race saw an influx of $25 million, bringing total spending in the campaign to $67 million.

Democrats are favored to retake the House, but the fight for the Senate is tighter. Democrats must pick up four seats to retake control. The states to watch: Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio and Texas.

Gov. JB Pritzker is honorary chair of the PAC that was launched in September and vowed to spend $15 million to help Democrats in districts that President Donald Trump had previously won.

Roger Marshall warns that losing Kansas could hand Senate control to Chuck Schumer as Adam Hamilton makes the race uncomfortably close for the GOP.

Sen. Roger Marshall speaks to supporters during a campaign stop in Bonner Springs, Kansas, rallying voters in the final stretch ahead of the midterm elections.