Trump Operative Chris Grant Hired to Boost Marshall — SkimNews
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- Chris Grant, a veteran strategist and top Trump political operative, has been tapped to help boost Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall's campaign in the weeks before the Nov. 3 election.
- The hire reflects Republicans scrambling to defend the Kansas Senate seat, which the source characterizes as a red-state seat requiring reinforcement.
Why it matters: The GOP is deploying a top-tier Trump operative to defend a Kansas seat that should be reliably Republican, indicating internal concern that Marshall's race is more competitive than a red-state incumbent would typically face. If a sitting senator in a Trump-aligned state needs a national fixer this close to election day, it suggests the party's own polling or donor signals have flagged the contest as a genuine risk.
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