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Kansas ponders a Democratic shift as governor's race between Kobach, Kelly goes down to the wire

HUTCHINSON, Kansas - On Monday, former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves, a Republican, did what a lot of former elected officials do: He hit the trail again to campaign on behalf of an up-and-coming candidate.

Except there was something highly unusual about the candidate, Laura Kelly, who arrived with Graves at a bookstore in this small town in central Kansas.

Kelly is a Democrat. Graves was trying to help defeat the candidate from his own party, Kris Kobach, the secretary of state.

"Every vote is going to count, and we just can't let this one get away

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