The exchange occurs as Hamilton's campaign against incumbent Republican Senator Roger Marshall has shifted the contest in the deep red state into a toss-up. Hamilton has secured endorsements from six of eight living governors of Kansas and a coalition of more than 100 Republicans. Former Governor Bill Graves cited alarm over the Republican party's readiness to yield to the executive branch as a motive for his support, while former Governor Sam Brownback is the only living governor to endorse Marshall.
