Sen. Jerry Moran has much at stake in Pat Roberts’ Senate race in Kansas

kansascity.com ^ | 9/25/14 | Lindsey Wise

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He’s not up for re-election, but U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran has much riding on the Senate race raging in Kansas.

Moran’s fellow Republican senator from the state, Pat Roberts, is locked in a pitched battle for his political life. Most polls show incumbent Roberts trailing independent challenger Greg Orman.

Moran doesn’t face voters again until 2016, but as the party leader in charge of the GOP’s national effort to win control of the U.S. Senate, he badly needs a Roberts victory.

Republicans must pick up six seats in November to wrest control of the Senate from the Democrats. Analysts say a loss by Roberts in Kansas would sting far worse for Moran than Republican defeats in other hotly contested races, such as in Alaska or Louisiana.

Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran’s role as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, trying to get Republicans the majority in the Senate, gives him even more reason to want Sen. Pat Roberts to win re-election in November.

“It’s like losing a game on your home field,” said Jennifer Duffy, senior editor for The Cook Political Report, which provides nonpartisan analysis of U.S. elections.

Moran, 60, serves as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm tasked with electing Republicans to the Senate. In an interview Thursday, Moran said even though he has a personal interest in Roberts’ fate, the Kansas contest is just one of many that count.

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Jerry knows he's next!

Moran (KS) - 2016 - 72% (Average) - 66% (Heritage) - 75% (CFG) - 80% (ACU) - 67% (FreedomWorks)

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Republicans must pick up six seats in November to wrest control of the Senate from the Democrats.

Ok let's say they get control of both houses , then what???

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We saw that happened during Bush's first term when we had all 3 branches, why should this be any different? It's still the same old Rove/McCain/Boehner wing doing their level best to purge the GOP of conservatives.

Unless they start drawing clear distinctions between themselves and the full on socialist party, they're going down in flames again. It's a shame too because with the Boob's ratings in the crapper it's their election to win.

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Sure he is. Wolf began threatening Moran when he figured his campaign against Roberts was going down.

Why not begin your next campaign to win a seat in the Senate early against your next opponent? After all, running for the Roberts seat again, is now over six years away.