In Kline we had about the worst possible GOP politician and it still didn't help. He got creamed.
Since we have a huge RINO faction here in KS we have to sift through the rhetoric to find the undercover libs. Morrison is an example of this 'til he came out of the closet and ran as a dem. So there are GOP politicians who are lower than RATs.
Kline maybe sucks as a politician but his job performance as AG was very good. So I guess you have to be a good politician to be elected/reelected reguardless of when people say they're tired of politics/politicians.