In November, Rep. Sharice Davids, a Kansas Democrat, celebrated as she coasted to a 12-percentage point victory over Republican challenger Amanda Adkins. Less than a year later, she’s one of the most vulnerable Democratic members of Congress, according to her own political party.
“People need to realize that at every point in time politics are changing, voter coalitions are changing,” said Patrick Miller, a political science professor at the University of Kansas. “Certain communities are changing while others are not.”
A Democratic analysis of the district obtained by The Star found that Davids’ margin of victory was misleading. While she outperformed President Joe Biden’s 2020 margin in the district, she underperformed in areas where the old district and new district overlapped.
