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Republicans spent an estimated $183m on ads about transgender issues – and some Democratic candidates parroted anti-trans messaging, tooMetal Hennessy, a 19-year-old trans man who lives in Kansas, quoted one of his state’s most enduring exports – The Wizard of Oz – when describing the defeat of Roger Marshall, the incumbent Republican senator, on Tuesday: “Ding dong, the witch is dead.”This <a href="http://theguardian.com/us-news/us-midterm-elections-2026" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">US midterm season</a>, Kansans like Hennessy were subjected to a wave of anti-trans attacks as Marshall attempted to fight off a challenge from Democratic and Methodist <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/05/james-talarico-adam-hamilton-christianity-conservatives" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton</a>. The AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-ads-midterms-republicans-cultural-economic-issues-5c43cf231930a02c1f51b7ddcd8d9448" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">reported</a> that Republicans pumped $7m into related ads, which aired 7,000 times in the state. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/anti-trans-attacks-midterm-elections-republicans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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