Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) is in danger of losing his re-election bid in bright red Kansas — and so, too, is incumbent GOP governor Sam Brownback, according to a Suffolk University/USA Today poll released Wednesday.
In the survey, independent Greg Orman leads Roberts 46 percent to 41 percent. (The Democratic candidate, Chad Taylor, dropped out of the contest.) As for the governor's race, Brownback trails Democratic challenger Paul Davis 46 percent to 42 percent.
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