Democrats Boost Weaker Republican Candidate in Kansas Primary

The Democratic establishment is spending big money to meddle in the Republican Senate primary in Kansas, using a super PAC to run advertising boosting immigration hawk Kris Kobach over GOP establishment favorite, Rep. Roger Marshall.

The super PAC is controlled by Democratic operatives linked to their party’s leadership, and Republicans say the move amounts to dirty tricks intended to elevate weaker Kobach and manipulate the outcome of the Aug. 4 primary.

Sunflower State PAC is investing nearly $1 million to air a television advertisement that promotes Kobach as a stalwart conservative allied with President Trump and that undercuts Marshall as a flip-flopper at odds with the White House.

“Chuck Schumer and his allies have spent millions bailing out their candidates in Democratic primaries, and now, Schumer has zeroed in on his preferred candidate in the Kansas GOP primary,” Jesse Hunt, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said, referring to the Senate minority leader. “Kansas primary voters can see right through the New York liberal’s desperate attempt to prop up a losing candidate.”

Kansas leans Republican, especially in presidential elections. (Read more from “Democrats Boost Weaker Republican Candidate in Kansas Primary” HERE)

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