Democrat Cindy Holscher is elected Kansas’ next governor, extending her party’s wave of victories

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Democrat Cindy Holscher has been elected Kansas' next governor, fending off Republican Ty Masterson to keep the office in her party's hands and extend a massive ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrat Cindy Holscher has been elected Kansas’ next governor, fending off Republican Ty Masterson to keep the office in her party’s hands and extend a massive wave of Democratic victories across the country.

Democrats had already secured a majority of governorships in the U.S. for the first time in two decades, even prior to the narrow win in Kansas, where Holscher had already declared victory following Tuesday’s midterm elections. The Associated Press did not call the race until Thursday.

Holscher, a state senator, promised to halt new data centers and overcame a flood of money that Republicans poured behind Masterson, the president of the GOP-controlled state Senate. She will succeed outgoing Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat who was term-limited.

“Kansans have sent a clear message that they want to keep our state moving forward,” Holscher said in a video posted online Tuesday, two days before the race was called. “The work of preparing to lead has already begun.”

Masterson remains the Kansas Senate’s top Republican leader. He promised that the Legislature, with the GOP in control of both chambers, would work to cut property taxes — Masterson’s biggest campaign promise — and focus on safer communities and better schools.

“The things we fought for are no less important today than they were yesterday,” Masterson said in a statement. “This was a hard election for people who share our vision, here and across the country. But I believe in this state and in the people who live here, and that hasn’t changed.”

The political tailwinds helping Holscher win the closest governor’s race since 1974 also pushed U.S. Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton, pastor of the nation’s largest United Methodist church, to Democrats’ first victory in a Senate race in Kansas since 1932.

In another big victory for Kansas Democrats, Chris Mann ousted state Attorney General Kris Kobach, a champion of strict voter ID laws who served as vice chair of President Donald Trump’s commission on election…

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