Raleigh, N.C. – Public Policy Polling’s final polls, conducted over the weekend, for the Senate and Governor in Kansas found both of the races couldn’t be much closer.

Paul Davis leads Sam Brownback 46/45 and Greg Orman leads Pat Roberts 47/46. What’s interesting is that even though the top of the ticket is incredibly competitive, everything else in Kansas pretty much looks like a normal election- Secretary of State Kris Kobach has a 5 point advantage and beyond that the Republican candidates for down ballot offices lead by 11 points for Insurance Commissioner, 27 points for Attorney General, and 28 points for Treasurer, pretty normal sorts of numbers for elections in Kansas.

It continues to be Brownback and Roberts’ unique unpopularity that’s making their races so competitive. Brownback has a 37/54 approval spread, and Roberts’ is 34/54. Usually politicians with those kinds of approval ratings are doomed for reelection but Kansas’ deep red hue is still giving them a shot.