{"id":1633927,"date":"2022-09-06T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1633927"},"modified":"2022-09-06T09:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:49:42","slug":"post-roe-fallout-dulls-odds-but-gop-poised-for-kansas-u-s-house-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/post-roe-fallout-dulls-odds-but-gop-poised-for-kansas-u-s-house-sweep\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Roe Fallout Dulls Odds, but GOP Poised for Kansas U.S. House Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpost-roe-fallout-dulls-odds-but-gop-poised-for-kansas-u-s-house-sweep%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1633927&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">More than 900,000 Kansans voted in a special election on Aug. 2 and nearly 60 percent of them rejected a proposed amendment removing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-abortion\">abortion<\/a> access as a fundamental right from the state\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kansas\">Kansas<\/a> special election was the first public referendum on abortion following June\u2019s U.S. Supreme Court repeal of Roe v. Wade, which returned regulation of the procedure back to states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Aug. 2 turnout, the largest ever for a Kansas primary, and result\u2014a shocking red state upset\u2014galvanized Democrat voters nationwide, brightening the party\u2019s once-bleak prospects of retaining the U.S. House and taking the U.S. Senate in November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Suddenly, after decades of being on the defensive in shielding abortion rights, Democrats are seizing the offensive, campaigning under the mantle of individual rights, borrowing a plank from Republicans\u2019 traditional platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">None are doing so more so than Kansas\u2019 lone Democratic House member, who is hoping a post-Roe bump can overcome blue-to-purple redistricting and ambient angst with her party to win a \u201ctoss-up\u201d rematch with a familiar opponent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">All four Kansas congressional reps are incumbents running in 2022 with three\u2014all Republicans\u2014projected to convincingly win new two-year terms in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The exception: Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas), who is running for reelection in a revamped Kansas Congressional District 3 (CD 3).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-02-at-2.58.57-PM-1200x985.png\"><\/a> Two-term Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas) has emphasized her seat on the House Agriculture Committee as an important asset in her Congressional District 3 reelection campaign, noting \u201cagriculture is the backbone of Kansas\u201d and vowing to \u201caddress issues like lowering the costs of fertilizer and unsticking the food supply chain.\u201d (Courtesy Sharice For Congress) <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In post-2020 Census redistricting by the GOP-dominated legislature, the metro Kansas City district was redrawn, turning a blue stronghold in a statewide sea of red into a purple district Republicans believe they can win in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 900,000 Kansans voted in a special election on Aug. 2 and nearly 60 percent of them rejected a proposed amendment removing abortion access as a fundamental right from the state\u2019s constitution. 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