Editing Kansas (section)

===National politics===
{{See also|United States congressional delegations from Kansas|United States presidential elections in Kansas}}
[[File:Charles Curtis-portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Charles Curtis]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]) was born near Topeka and served as a State Legislator, Congressman and Senator, before becoming Vice President (1929–33). He is the only Native American elected to the Executive Branch (he was born into the [[Kaw Nation]]).]]
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The state's current delegation to the [[Congress of the United States]] includes [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Senators [[Jerry Moran]] of [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]], and [[Roger Marshall]] of [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]]. In the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], Kansas is represented by Republican Representatives [[Tracey Mann]] of [[Quinter, Kansas|Quinter]] ([[1st Congressional District of Kansas|District 1]]), [[Jake LaTurner]] of [[Pittsburg, Kansas|Pittsburg]] ([[2nd Congressional District of Kansas|District 2]]), [[Ron Estes]] of [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] ([[4th Congressional District of Kansas|District 4]]), and Democratic Representative [[Sharice Davids]] of [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] ([[3rd Congressional District of Kansas|District 3]]) Davids is the second Native American to represent Kansas in Congress, after Republican [[Charles Curtis]] ([[Kaw people|Kaw]]).

Historically, Kansas has been strongly Republican, dating from the [[Antebellum era|Antebellum]] age when the Republican Party was created out of the movement opposing the extension of slavery into Kansas Territory. Kansas has not elected a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the U.S. Senate since the 1932 election, when [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] won his first term as president in the wake of the [[Great Depression]]. This is the longest Senate losing streak for either party in a single state. Senator [[Sam Brownback]] was a candidate for the Republican party nomination for president in 2008. Brownback was not a candidate for re-election to a third full term in 2010, but he was elected Governor in that year's general election. Moran defeated Tiahrt for the Republican nomination for Brownback's seat in the August 2010 primary, then won a landslide general election victory over Democrat Lisa Johnston.

The only non-Republican presidential candidates Kansas has given its electoral vote to are Populist [[James Baird Weaver|James Weaver]] and Democrats [[William Jennings Bryan]] (once), [[Woodrow Wilson]], Franklin Roosevelt (twice), and [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]]. In 2004, [[George W. Bush]] won the state's six electoral votes by an overwhelming margin of 25 percentage points with 62% of the vote. The only two counties to support Democrat [[John Kerry]] in that election were [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte]], which contains [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], and [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas]], home to the [[University of Kansas]], located in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]]. The 2008 election brought similar results as [[John McCain]] won the state with 57% of the votes. Douglas, Wyandotte, and [[Crawford County, Kansas|Crawford County]] were the only counties in support of President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapPKS |title = 2008 Election Results—Kansas |publisher = CNN |access-date = July 31, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081107105721/http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapPKS |archive-date = November 7, 2008}}</ref>

Abilene was the boyhood home to Republican president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], and he maintained lifelong ties to family and friends there. Kansas was the adult home of two losing Republican candidates (Governor [[Alf Landon]] in [[1936 United States presidential election|1936]] and Senator Bob Dole in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]).

The ''New York Times'' reported in September 2014 that as the Democratic candidate for Senator has tried to drop out of the race, independent [[Greg Orman]] has attracted enough bipartisan support to seriously challenge the reelection bid of Republican Pat Roberts:
:Kansas politics have been roiled in recent years. The rise of the Tea Party and the election of President Obama have prompted Republicans to embrace a purer brand of conservatism and purge what had long been a robust moderate wing from its ranks. Mr. Roberts has sought to adapt to this new era, voting against spending bills that included projects for the state that he had sought.<ref>Jonathan Martin, "National G.O.P. Moves to Take Over Campaign of Kansas Senator", [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/us/politics/national-gop-moves-to-take-over-campaign-of-kansas-senator.html?emc=edit_cn_20140904&nl=us&nlid=8258846&_r=0 ''New York Times'' September 4, 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911161717/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/us/politics/national-gop-moves-to-take-over-campaign-of-kansas-senator.html?emc=edit_cn_20140904&nl=us&nlid=8258846&_r=0 |date=September 11, 2017 }}</ref>