Final Exam: Question 1-November Election

This past November, there were many Senate seats that were up for reelection. I followed the Kansas Senate race. This race was between Greg Orman, an Independent candidate, and Pat Roberts, Republican, who was up for reelection. There was a third candidate, a Democrat, Chad Taylor, that dropped out in hopes that Orman would win and side with the Democrats. 

After Taylor dropped out, Orman took the lead over Roberts.

Orman must have felt extremely confident that he would win because then Roberts took the lead narrowly. From then on it was an extremely close race. 

Sen. Pat Roberts has narrowly won the Kansas Senate Race 53.24% to 42.50%. I completely agree with the voters. Roberts won because he over come the anti-incumbent fervor, his weak showing in the primary, criticism that he was out of touch with the state, and an unusually cold Kansas political scene for Republicans. Outside groups also helped by putting $10 million to support him and oppose Orman. All of these efforts and his aggressive campaign saying that Orman was a lapdog for Washington Democrats helped Roberts pull off a win.