Trump rallies for Marshall in Kansas as a once-safe Senate seat draws a fight

President Donald Trump campaigned for Sen. Roger Marshall on Monday at Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, outside Wichita, his first Kansas visit since 2018, the Kansas Reflector reported.

The stop, with 15 days left before the Nov. 3 election, signals Republican concern about a seat long considered safe. Marshall faces Democrat Adam Hamilton, a Methodist minister, in a race Fox News described as once considered safely Republican.

What was said

Trump spoke for about an hour and 40 minutes in an arena the Reflector estimated was about two-thirds full. He pressed border security, military strength and lower costs, and announced what he called a harvest fuel relief program to help farmers with diesel costs, which have topped $6 a gallon in Kansas, according to the Reflector.

He praised Marshall and attacked Hamilton as a radical, the Reflector reported. Fox News quoted him promising, "we're going to reelect Roger Marshall."

Marshall, speaking first, warned that a loss in Kansas could hand Democrats the Senate.

The Democrat's response

A Hamilton campaign spokesman said the rally showed Marshall's campaign is struggling and that Kansans are focused on fuel prices, health care access and corruption, the Reflector reported. In a video released Monday, Hamilton said Trump voters also have a place in his campaign.

Libertarian David Graham is also on the ballot. He has objected to being left out of a televised Marshall-Hamilton debate set for Wednesday.

Next stop

Trump was scheduled to campaign Tuesday in Lubbock and Waco, Texas, with Senate nominee Ken Paxton, Fox News reported, citing RNC officials.