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[ MUSIC ] Kansas' third district is a swing district. 

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It tends to go for a Republican when Republicans have 

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a wave, and Democrats when Democrats have a wave 

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and that's because it's a district in a red state 

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with you know, a lot of conservatives but it's also 

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suburb of a big city so The suburban voters who 

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are gonna decide the midterms are the types of 

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people who live in this district. Early 

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voting in Kansas has started, and this parking lot for 

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this precinct in Overland Park is packed. Mary, 

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how do you typically vote? I vote usually Republican. 

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And I believed what he said. His campaign promises 

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that to make America great again. And I thought it was 

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time for a person that wasn't with a political 

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experience. And how has that turned out? Horrible. 

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And how did you vote in this race? Yeah, I voted as a 

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Democrat. And why did you pick Sharice Davids? Cuz I 

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want Yoder out of there. [ MUSIC ] 

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[ MUSIC ] Our first 

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stop is Sharice Davids. She is a really interesting 

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candidate. She is a ****, 

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Native American, former MMA fighter who is also an 

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attorney and has represented Native American 

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communities. She's running for Kevin Yoder's seat in 

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Congress and right now she's up in the polls. I've had 

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to fight my whole life because of who I am, who 

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I love, and where I started. But I didn't let 

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anything get in my way. It's not about just the 

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experiences that I have, it's about that we're taking all 

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of our combined And experiences, and turning that 

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into something meaningful this year. I'm Charlotte. 

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Charlotte, Sharice, thanks for being here. Nice to meet 

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you, Sharice, thank you 

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so much for making the time to do this. There 

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are a lot of different aspects of who I am, and what my 

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experience has been, that a lot of people connect with 

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for one reason or another. I see that around, you 

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know, the number of people who want to see more 

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women Men running for office. The number of people 

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who wanna see more first generation college students 

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running for office. It took me four years to get an 

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associate's degree because I was working the whole 

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time that I was in school, and we don't have enough 

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people in Congress who know what it's like to go to 

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community college. I mean, I think that's the piece that 

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Has really that's the part that I feel has really been 

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maybe more interesting or non- traditional about my 

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campaign. [ MUSIC ]