The Democratic Party has not won a Senate race in Kansas since 1930.
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The Health Ranger ReportOct 22, 2026
The claim's 1930 date is wrong as a cutoff: George McGill won a special Senate election in Kansas in 1930 and then a full term in 1932, so Democrats last won a Kansas Senate race in 1932, not 1930.
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… announced they're gonna hand out $8 billion to farmers to help cover diesel costs because diesel is so high because Trump started the war with Iran uh on behalf of Satan Yahoo? I was looking bad. I was not looking good. The Iowa Senate race is looking bad. Now, Kansas, the Democrats haven't won a Senate race in Kansas since, I think it was in 1930. Really? I don't know, if you lose Kansas, really lose Kansas, you got problems. I think the problems pretty liberal, man. Uh, Republicans win. They just win Senate races. So I don't know. I don't know if you're saying Oklahoma. …
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Contradicts. The AP and U.S. News report that Democrats have lost every Senate race in Kansas since 1932, which means Democrats did win a Kansas Senate race after 1930.[2]
Contradicts. NPR states that McGill won a special election in 1930 and then a full term two years later, and that 1932 was the last Democratic Senate election win in Kansas.[1]
Contradicts. KMBC reports McGill defeated Republican Gov. Ben Paulen in the 1932 U.S. Senate race, so the Democratic win in 1932 falls after the claimed 1930 cutoff.[3]
Supports. Multiple outlets, including KSN and HPPR, give 1932 as the last Democratic Senate win in Kansas, so the streak is roughly 94 years long rather than starting in 1930.[4][5]
Context. The 1930 date appears only as the year of McGill's special election, which Democrats won; it is not the end of the Democratic winning streak.[1][3]
Sources
5 sources: 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Longest Losing Streaks In The Senate : It's All Politics - NPRnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2The GOP Is on a Rescue Mission in Kansas, Where Dems Haven't ...usnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Kansas' last Democratic U.S. Senate win came in 1932 - KMBCkmbc.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Hamilton could be the first Democrat to win a US Senate seat in ...ksn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Has it been more than 90 years since a Kansas Democrat ...hppr.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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