Guardian Australia · US midterm elections 2026

Deep-red Kansas votes for change as patience wears thin with Trump: ‘The economy is really taking a beating’

· By Gaya Gupta
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Bills have soared in rural state buffeted by tariffs and war in Iran – and Democrat Adam Hamilton’s stunning upset shows how deep economic frustrations runLinda Olson always does her homework before voting – a trait she inherited from a family invested, and interested, in politics. Her father was a photographer who …

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