senator kansy castlebom who used to be derrick schmitt's boss., too, endorsed the democrat in the race over her fellow republican and her former employee. and derrick schmitt's two republican bosses are not alone in this. the democratic governor of kansas, laura kelly, racked up more than 100 endorsementes from prominent kansas republicans all around the state. this is a phenomenon happening in kansas and in michigan, there are 150 prominent republicans across the state that crossed over to endorse the democratic governor gretchen whitmer. in pennsylvania, we're seeing the same thing. headline after headline about prominent pennsylvania republicans endorsing the democrat josh schapiro over their republican candidate. part of the reason we're seeing this trend is just because the republican candidates in those races are out there. so much so that even other republicans can't bring themselves to support the candidate from their own party. tomorrow wisconsin's governor is planning to release a new ad highlighting his republican opponent's position o

. >> reporter: meanwhile, her republican opponent, attorney general derrick schmitt has criticized her but i will. >> reporter: the kansas vote in august was a political earthquake, one that prompted democratic governors in other states to run explicitly on abortion access. >> nearly $30 million going towards 30 new projects in 30 kansas communities. >> reporter: on the campaign trail in kansas, kelly is making sure to keep food costs, prescription drug prices and infrastructure funding front and center. >> what they want me as governor to do is to focus on the kitchen table issues. they want me to focus on the economy, and we have done that. >> reporter: at recent debates, kelly and schmidt have both been pressed on their abortion positions. >> i prefer a kansas that has fewer abortions, not more. kansas voters spoke to a portion of thissish yoo u in august and made the decision that any state involvement in this area is going to have to satisfy exacting judicial scrutiny, and we have to respect that decision going forward. >> derrick schmidt has said he doesn't think you're up front