{"id":"1793769843201-news-show_open","slug":"kansas-flips-senate-in-historic-first","title":"Kansas flips Senate in historic first","summary":"NBC News and the AP had not called the Maine Senate race as of the latest update. With about 61% of expected votes counted, Troy Jackson led Susan Collins 51.7% to 48.2%, and Jackson won the city of Auburn, but no statewide winner had been declared.\n\nThe Associated Press is reporting that Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won the Minnesota governor's race, defeating Republican Lisa Demuth.\n\nThe Associated Press is reporting that Democrat Adam Hamilton defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, which would make Hamilton the first Democrat to win a Kansas Senate seat in nearly a century.\n\nDemocrat Ilhan Omar was re-elected in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, according to Al Jazeera; the Trump-backed attacks did not prevent her from winning.\n\nFox News's Decision Desk projects Democrat Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota's lieutenant governor, will win the state's U.S. Senate race against Republican Michele Tafoya.","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T05:24:03.201Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"Overnight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"FALSE","notes":"FALSE: NBC News and the AP had not called the Maine Senate race as of the latest update. With about 61% of expected votes counted, Troy Jackson led Susan Collins 51.7% to 48.2%, and Jackson won the city of Auburn, but no statewide winner had been declared.\nSource: [nbcnews.com](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/maine-senate-results), [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/maine-senate-susan-collins-troy-jac (https://x.com/BNONews/status/2117848047132819950)\n\nTRUE: The Associated Press is reporting that Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won the Minnesota governor's race, defeating Republican Lisa Demuth.\nSource: The Associated Press NAMES: Amy Klobuchar = Minnesota's senior U.S. senator and Democratic candidate for governor; Lisa Demuth = Republican state representative (https://x.com/AP/status/2117847976408154475)\n\nTRUE: The Associated Press is reporting that Democrat Adam Hamilton defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, which would make Hamilton the first Democrat to win a Kansas Senate seat in nearly a century.\nSource: The Associated Press NAMES: Roger Marshall = Republican U.S. senator from Kansas; Adam Hamilton = Democratic Senate candidate in Kansas. (https://x.com/AP/status/2117849110367580559)\n\nTRUE: Democrat Ilhan Omar was re-elected in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, according to Al Jazeera; the Trump-backed attacks did not prevent her from winning.\nSource: Al Jazeera English NAMES: Ilhan Omar = Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota's 5th District. (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2117847896041115876)\n\nTRUE: Fox News's Decision Desk projects Democrat Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota's lieutenant governor, will win the state's U.S. Senate race against Republican Michele Tafoya.\nSource: Fox News NAMES: Peggy Flanagan = Minnesota lieutenant governor; Michele Tafoya = former sports broadcaster and Republican Senate candidate. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Overnight — and Kansas just did something no Democrat has pulled off in nearly a century."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The AP is calling it on X: Adam Hamilton defeats Roger Marshall. Kansas Senate goes to Democrats."},{"host":"Bella","text":"First time in nearly a century. That is a political earthquake."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's not a ripple. That's voters telling you something real."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Or one weak incumbent in a bad year. I'm not ready to call it a national wave."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I'm not saying wave. But you can't ignore Kansas."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No, but the bigger history might be Georgia tonight."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Al Jazeera posted on X that Keisha Lance Bottoms wins governor — first Black woman to do that in the country."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's bigger than one Senate seat."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Bigger for history, sure. But the Senate is where control actually flips."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Governors run elections and health care. You don't brush that off."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair — both are huge. I just think the Kansas number changes the Senate math."},{"host":"Bella","text":"One call to correct: BNO posted on X that Maine's Senate race is over. It isn't."},{"host":"Brian","text":"With 61 percent counted, Jackson leads Collins. No winner declared."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So Maine waits. Kansas and Georgia don't."}]}