Senate GOP group pours millions into defending Kansas seat

Senate Republicans' flagship super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, is moving money toward Kansas and easing off North Carolina, according to sources who spoke with CBS News. The change shows how the fight for Senate control is shifting as the midterms approach, with Republicans protecting seats in states that usually favor them. The party can afford to lose three seats and keep its majority, but President Trump's party faces a difficult climate.

AdImpact data shows the group has booked $9.8 million in Kansas ads, versus $17.5 million in 2020. In North Carolina, FEC filings show more than $30 million spent this year, and sources say further ad purchases are on hold.

In Kansas, Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is up against Democrat Adam Hamilton, a pastor whose party has not held the seat in nearly a century. A recent poll put them in a statistical tie. Marshall's campaign released an ad accusing Hamilton of concealing child abuse at his church; Hamilton denied it, and a Kansas City Star review of court records backed his account.

In North Carolina, polls give former Gov. Roy Cooper an edge over Michael Whatley. Trump said he is worried about Whatley's chances.

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