KS-S3 · MODEL v1.14 · 2 INPUTS MEASURED
KS-S3 enters through the Republican-held flip route at 21.2 with 65% of the component weight available: statewide competitiveness, incumbent cash vulnerability.
THE MEMBER
Jerry Moran is the Republican senator in KS Class 3. The retained roster records 15.6 cumulative years of Senate service through the source cutoff; the seat is next contested in 2028.
M000934THE STATE
KS recorded a R+16.1 presidential margin statewide in 2024. The senator reported $5,757,900 cash on hand through 2026-06-30.
SCORE ANATOMY
The statewide 2024 presidential result was R+16.1. A tied state begins at 100 and each Republican margin point subtracts four points.
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Not applicable to this Republican-held route; no Democratic-primary value is imputed.
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Not used in this route; the retained AIPAC model covers the Democratic House field.
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Not used in this route because the retained alignment trackers cover the Democratic caucus.
The FEC candidate summary reports $5,757,900 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.
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No retained state-legislative Democratic primary catalog records uncontested contests for this state, so the component is omitted and the available weight is renormalized.
SENATE TERM
Formula renormalized(0.45 × competitiveness + 0.20 × cash vulnerability + 0.15 × local context + 0.20 × state contestation) × (0.6 + 0.4 × 0.65)
Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record