kansas, one of those states with super majority and daniel hawkings joins me now.n, all party politics are local and all politics in general are local. how vital are local elections to the republican party? >> they are very much vital. we are working every single day, even now, working on the next election cycle to make sure we continue to have a super majority in our house. both the senate and house will be up for election next year, local elections are vital to make sure we are always listening to our constituents and taking that to topeka. in this case, we push back against our governor a lot. >> todd: why? why are republicans winning local races, not just in kansas, but nationally in states where the governor is a democrat? >> it is strange in kansas, this is second term for democratic governor, but kansas believes in the agenda we've put forth, a conservative agenda that we worked through this year. we believe we are doing exactly what our constituents sent us there to do. they did send a super majority of gops to the state and want to continue to push back ag