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• Roger Marshall stops by Inman in last-minute bid to be reelected
• Both sides read the same Bible: Religion in the Marshall-Hamilton race
• Man faces attempted murder, rape charges after alleged Topeka crime spree (WIBW)
• Today in Topeka: mostly cloudy, high 63, low 49, 75% chance of rain

🌾 Kansas

• Kansas reported 470,170 advance ballots statewide as of Monday's update, up 33% from 2022, with Republicans holding an 11,500-voter registration edge heading into Tuesday's election. →

• Sen. Roger Marshall campaigned alongside USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins in El Dorado on Nov. 2, touting nearly $4 million in grants for 10 Kansas meat processors ahead of his reelection fight against Adam Hamilton. →

• Voters in El Dorado, Emporia and Ottawa decided Tuesday on citizen-initiated bans targeting large data centers, with the Emporia and Ottawa measures still facing pending court rulings. →

• Democrat Cindy Holscher and Republican Ty Masterson held competing closing rallies in Lenexa on Nov. 2 in a toss-up race to succeed term-limited Gov. Laura Kelly. →

• Citizen Journal Editor-in-Chief Greg Loving published an opinion column examining religious rhetoric in the Marshall-Hamilton Senate race, urging voters to debate policy without judging opponents' faith. →

🇺🇸 US

• Americans vote Tuesday in midterm elections that will decide control of Congress, with all 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships at stake amid a Reuters/Ipsos poll showing President Trump's approval at 32%. →

• The Justice Department plans to deploy about 1,000 election monitors nationwide Tuesday, the largest such effort in its history, as several states restrict monitors' access to polling locations. →

• The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's emergency request to force California to set aside roughly 20,000 mail ballots from suspected noncitizens, leaving the state's counting procedures intact. →

• Chipmaker Marvell Technology agreed Monday to acquire Lumentum Holdings in a deal valued at about $115 billion to speed data transmission in AI data centers. →

• U.S. forces carried out limited strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, described by officials as defensive, as Trump said a settlement with Iran "could happen." →

Weather

November 3, 1948: Newspaper Mistakenly Declares “Dewey Defeats Truman”

The Chicago Tribune famously jumped the gun, printing a front-page headline announcing Thomas Dewey’s victory over incumbent President Harry S. Truman before all the votes were counted. In reality, Truman went on to win the election by 114 electoral votes, turning the premature headline into an enduring symbol of political upset.

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