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    "parsed_content": "See more updates: Election Dispatches: Oct. 2, 2026, 12:43 p.m. ET4m agoAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTAs Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate RaceAs the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party.Listen \u00b7 3:33 min Share full articleMichael Whatley, the Republican candidate for Senate in North Carolina, has consistently trailed his Democratic opponent in the polls.Credit...Kenny Holston\/The New York TimesBy Shane Goldmacher and Theodore SchleiferOct. 2, 2026Updated 12:26 p.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google The top super PAC for Senate Republicans is canceling all the remaining ads it had booked in North Carolina as of Friday, shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state this fall.At the same time, the super PAC, called the Senate Leadership Fund, is making is first investment of the cycle in Kansas \u2014 a sign of rising concern among Republicans in red states \u2014 with a new ad attacking the Democratic nominee there.If Republicans lose North Carolina, it would give Democrats one of the four seats they need to flip the Senate in the fall \u2014 if Democrats hold all of their own seats.Ad cancellations are a common, and very telling, move down the stretch of campaigns as they reveal where national operatives see their best path to a majority. The cancellation of the North Carolina ads was first reported by Semafor and confirmed by two people familiar with the decision.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe North Carolina seat is currently held by Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican who is retiring. Democrats nominated Roy Cooper, a popular former governor who had served two terms. The Republican nominee is Michael Whatley, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee.The Senate Leadership Fund declined to comment.\u201cUndecided voters who break late decide the election in North Carolina and the majority of those late-breakers typically go Republican,\u201d said DJ Griffin, a spokesman for Mr. Whatley, adding he was \u201cconfident we have the resources to highlight career politician Roy Cooper\u2019s 40 years of failures.\u201dSuper PACs aligned with President Trump also do not have any future reservations for airtime in the North Carolina Senate race.In Kansas, the new reservation shows that Republicans are worried about the re-election bid of Senator Roger Marshall, the Republican incumbent, who faces Adam Hamilton, the pastor of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country.The new ad attacks Mr. Hamilton as a \u201ctwo-faced extremist.\u201dThe full size of the Kansas spending was not clear, but the initial buy was planned to be in the millions of dollars, according to the two people familiar with the decision. Democrats have not won a Senate election in Kansas since 1932.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Senate Leadership Fund had initially planned to spend $71 million in North Carolina. The group has spent more than $30 million of those funds, according to one of the people familiar with the decision. The group still had $18 million reserved for the final month just on broadcast and cable television, according to data from AdImpact, the ad-tracking service.Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the majority leader, has continued to back Mr. Whatley and attended a fund-raiser for him virtually on Thursday, the two people familiar with the decision said.In preparation for these cancellations, an increased number of Republican Senate candidates started their own dedicated super PACs, in part so they could insulate themselves from cuts from the Senate Leadership Fund. And yet Mr. Whatley\u2019s dedicated group, Old North Action, previously canceled ads as well.Patricia Mazzei contributed reporting.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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