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Sharice Davids (female, openly gay, Native American) was elected to a third term in HOR despite the extreme gerrymandering that was done to her by the Republican legislature last session post census. And yes Johnson, Sedgwick, and Wyandotte counties are urban. Maybe doesn’t fit your idea of urban but they are. And no pundits were expecting the recent abortion vote. So not so monolithic.

Mist isn't wrong though (am Kansan here). With our political system generally valuing land mass more than population at this point (nationally), Kansas is and remains a GOP stronghold on both the state and federal levels due to how consolidated democratic areas (Wichita... barely, and the KC metro) are. Granted, more often than not its not foaming at the mouth Trump country (I think Brownback was a good lead off to move us away from that) but there is definitely republican dominating ideals in our politics and governing. We thankfully tend to have strong non-elected public servants who know how to work within confines to get things done in responsible and egalitarian manners generally, plus home rule, helps to counter act the crazy talking points like "Sue Joe Biden" (for what exactly?) with no standing.