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I have a long history with Kansas City.

We have a strong agricultural heritage in Kansas.

People have said to me 'I hope you won't let happen in Washington what is happening in Kansas.'

Kansas is very religious, very Republican, and very straight-laced. I needed to get away from that.

I would love to be in Kansas.

Kansas is great - and great for America, when, more and more, we honor every human life everywhere.

Nothing is eternally stable, and even Kansas isn't really in Kansas anymore. The earth is in a constant state of flux.

When I think of Kansas, I think of family.

I've been back to the Kansas City area a lot in the past. My sisters went to college in the area. My brother went to college in the area. I've got friends there, so there's some ties to the area.