参议院领导基金（SLF），一个与共和党参议院领导层结盟的政治行动委员会，正在增加在堪萨斯州的支出，因为参议院竞选日趋激烈。
The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a PAC aligned with Republican Senate leadership, is upping its spending in Kansas as the race for Senate heats up.
据熟悉SLF计划的消息人士透露，该集团计划投资1400万美元支持现任参议员罗杰·马歇尔（R-堪萨斯州）。
The group plans to invest $14 million to support incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), according to a source familiar with the SLF’s plans.
其中大部分将用于攻击民主党候选人亚当·汉密尔顿的广告，他是一位政治新人和牧师，创立了全国最大的联合卫理公会教堂。这笔支出最早由Punchbowl报道。
Much of that will go toward ads attacking the Democratic candidate, Adam Hamilton, a political newcomer and pastor who founded the largest United Methodist church in the country. This spending was first reported by Punchbowl.
堪萨斯州通常不是参议院民主党人的竞争机会，因为近一个世纪以来没有民主党人在那里赢得参议院席位。
Kansas is not usually a competitive opportunity for Senate Democrats, as a Democrat has not won a Senate seat there in nearly a century.
但汉密尔顿的背景加上共和党和特朗普总统全国性的低支持率，正在拖累共和党即使在最红的州的机会。
But Hamilton’s profile paired with low approval ratings for the GOP and President Trump nationally are weighing down Republicans’ chances in even the reddest of states.
上周，SLF从北卡罗来纳州转移了一些资金到堪萨斯州，在北卡罗来纳州，民主党人罗伊·库珀在民调中领先共和党的迈克尔·沃特利，竞逐即将退休的参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（R-北卡罗来纳州）的席位。
Last week, the SLF pivoted some money from North Carolina, where Democrat Roy Cooper leads the GOP's Michael Whatley in polling for the race to succeed retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), to Kansas.
库克政治报告和决策台总部（DDHQ）都将堪萨斯州参议院竞选评为倾向共和党——距离摇摆状态仅一步之遥。
Cook Political Report and Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) both rate the Kansas Senate race as lean Republican — one notch away from the toss-up column.
库克将北卡罗来纳州评为倾向民主党，而DDHQ表示该党有望赢得该空缺席位。
Cook rates North Carolina as leaning in Democrats' favor, while DDHQ says the party is likely to clinch the open seat.