# Kansas Senate race: Fuel costs and tariffs erode Republicans’ Farm Belt edge

https://mins.news/en/video/121203

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-29 17:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLmqw7oPRVw

> Rising diesel prices and President Donald Trump’s tariff wars are making Kansas and other Midwestern states competitive ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election. Kansas is a Republican stronghold that has not elected a Democratic senator since 1932.

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