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8 ads analyzed · 2 use a rhetorical technique, most often appeal to fear and glittering generalities.
The words doing the persuading
Paid for by SHARICE FOR CONGRESS“…have targeted my seat for nearly a decade now. And they’re still not giving up.
They won’t stop until the last blue dot in Kansas turns red. Please, chip in five dollars, anything you can to make sure that doesn’t happen.”Appeal to FearSee this ad →
Sharice Davids (Democrat) and Eric Jenkins (Republican) are the nominees for Kansas's 3rd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Sharice Davids is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Sharice Davids's campaign had raised $4.7 million (through October 14, 2026) and Eric Jenkins's campaign $52,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $11,000 for Sharice Davids and $0 against. Semblen has analyzed 8 ads in this race; 2 used at least one rhetorical technique, most often appeal to fear and glittering generalities.
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent), Eric Jenkins (REP).
1 other filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 8 ads analyzed, 2 with at least one technique in the copy.
Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing. Updated 2026-10-16.
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Where they stand
From each campaign's own website, summarised in plain English, with a quote where they gave one; under an issue, Senate votes for those who have cast them. Full detail and sources on each profile: Sharice Davids · Eric Jenkins.
Economy and cost of livingDavids: stated · Jenkins: stated
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent)
Davids says she wants to lower everyday costs, bring good-paying jobs to Kansas and support small businesses. She points to her bill to suspend the federal gas tax, her votes for the CHIPS and Science Act and the infrastructure law, and her vote to raise the federal minimum wage.
Jenkins says he wants fewer regulations and lower taxes on Kansas businesses and farmers, fair trade deals that protect Kansas agriculture and manufacturing, and more broadband in underserved parts of the district.
Taxes and government spendingDavids: stated · Jenkins: stated
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent)
Davids says she wants to keep a close eye on the national debt, cut wasteful spending and close tax loopholes for billion-dollar corporations and the top 1 percent. She says she backs pay-as-you-go budget rules and introduced a bill to suspend the federal gas tax.
“hold billion-dollar corporations and the top 1 percent accountable by closing tax loopholes”
Jenkins says he would oppose deficit spending, push for a balanced budget framework, and eliminate wasteful and duplicative federal programs. He also says he would make the Trump-era tax cuts for working families permanent and oppose new broad-based tax increases on Kansas residents.
“Extend and make permanent the Trump-era tax cuts for working families”
Davids says she wants to protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, expand Medicaid and lower prescription drug costs. She says she is working to extend the $35 monthly insulin cap to everyone, and she introduced a package of bills to lower costs and keep rural hospitals open.
“Health care is a right, not a privilege, and every Kansan deserves access to affordable, high-quality care.”
Social Security and MedicareDavids: stated · Jenkins: no position
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent)
Davids says she voted to let Medicare negotiate lower drug prices and to cap insulin at $35 a month and out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 a year for seniors on Medicare. She met with Johnson County seniors about protecting Social Security benefits and introduced a bipartisan bill to modernize applications for survivor benefits.
Immigration and the borderDavids: stated · Jenkins: stated
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent)
Davids says she wants comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border, creates a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and treats immigrants with dignity. She says she helped increase detection resources at borders and ports to stop fentanyl.
Jenkins says he wants to complete and maintain a secure southern border, end catch-and-release, and enforce existing immigration laws. He says he supports legal immigration pathways, would cut federal funding to cities that obstruct enforcement, and wants to stop fentanyl crossing the border.
Davids says she supports the right to safe and legal abortion and wants health care decisions left to individuals and their doctors. She voted for the Women's Health Protection Act and joined a brief to keep mifepristone on the market.
“I believe in protecting access to reproductive health care, including the right to safe and legal abortion.”
Energy and climateDavids: stated · Jenkins: stated
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent)
Davids says climate change is real and wants to act through clean energy, wind and renewables, and public lands protection. She voted for the Inflation Reduction Act and the infrastructure law, and supports year-round E15 ethanol fuel.
Jenkins says he supports American energy independence using oil, gas, nuclear and renewables. He says he opposes the Green New Deal and energy policies that raise household costs.
Davids says she supports bipartisan gun safety measures while respecting responsible gun ownership. She voted for the Safer Communities Act and supports universal background checks and red flag laws.
Crime and policingDavids: stated · Jenkins: stated
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent)
Davids says she wants local law enforcement to have the resources and training to reduce violence. She says she helped secure more than $27 million in federal grants to hire police officers and prevent crime, and she is working with law enforcement to end the fentanyl epidemic.
Davids says she wants to make education more accessible and affordable, from early childhood programs through college. She also backs apprenticeships, technical training and STEM programs, and says she supports cutting hidden student loan fees and improving public service loan forgiveness.
Foreign policy and defenseDavids: stated · Jenkins: stated
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent)
Davids says she wants to stand up to authoritarian regimes, support allies and maintain global stability. She voted to reaffirm Israel's right to exist, support humanitarian aid in Gaza and back a two-state solution.
Jenkins says he wants to fully fund and modernize the U.S. military, hold allies accountable for meeting their own defense commitments, and oppose foreign entanglements that drain American resources. He also says he would strengthen Fort Leavenworth and other Kansas military installations.
Elections and ethics in governmentDavids: stated · Jenkins: no position
Sharice Davids (DEM, incumbent)
Davids says she wants to reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics laws and protect the right to vote. She voted for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, supports a ban on insider trading by Members of Congress, and voted against congressional pay raises.
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Findings
As of 2026-10-16. Counts are of distinct ads; the same text run many times is one ad.
Ads analyzed
8 · started running between 2026-07-01 and 2026-10-14
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Money in this race
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE— $11K supporting DavidsLargest donors:
CREPAC FEDERAL $2.5M (26%) (its largest donors: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1.3M); TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS FEDERAL PAC $1.4M (15%)
Paid for by SHARICE FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-10-144 variantsspend $0–396200–2,196 impressions
Hey, it’s Sharice Davids — and we don’t need to do the whole “chip in or we’re doomed” thing.
We’re in the lead. We’re not doomed to lose. But we need to keep our foot on the gas to win. Please, chip in before midnight.
no techniques found
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Paid for by SHARICE FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-09-024 variantsspend $1,900–2,69628,000–35,996 impressions
Hey, Sharice Davids here, and I’ll keep this quick. I’m the only Democrat representing Kansas in Washington. And that’s put a huge political target on my back.
Mike Johnson personally wired money to my opponent in the last election. I don’t know how much they’re going to spend this time.
We have to hold this seat to take back the House. Please, chip in five bucks, ten bucks, whatever you can right now. Thanks so much!
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Paid for by SHARICE FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-09-02spend $500–5997,000–7,999 impressions
Hey, Democrat Sharice Davids here! I only need a few seconds. Five dollars at a time is what kept Kansas’ only Democratic district out of the GOP’s hands. Your five dollars will help us do it again.
Paid for by SHARICE FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-07-215 variantsspend $1,800–2,29521,000–25,995 impressions
Before you scroll away, I need you to hear this.
National Republicans have targeted my seat for nearly a decade now. And they’re still not giving up.
They won’t stop until the last blue dot in Kansas turns red. Please, chip in five dollars, anything you can to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Appeal to Fear: Frames an opposing party as relentless and about to eliminate the last Democratic stronghold, creating anxiety to motivate action. Flagged: “They won’t stop until the last blue dot in Kansas turns red.”.
Paid for by SHARICE FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-07-215 variantsspend $600–1,09510,100–14,995 impressions
Right-wing super PACs, special interest groups, you name it they've failed again and again to take me down.
I'm Sharice Davids, and I'm the Democrat Republicans love to lose to here in Kansas.
We've got a shot to send them packing again, but only with your help. Please, chip in $5 anything you can to keep this seat blue.
no techniques found
Claims checked
Checked with an earlier version of the checker.
No checkable factual claims in this ad: it's opinion and slogans, nothing a source could confirm or refute.
Paid for by SHARICE FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-07-215 variantsspend $1,600–2,09528,000–36,095 impressions
Hey, I want to make a bet with you.
I bet, when we’re days out from the election and all the attacks are flying around, National Republicans will drop some huge pile of money here in Kansas with no warning.
Your five dollars, right now, that’s the one thing we need to prepare. Thank you.
no techniques found
Claims checked
Checked with an earlier version of the checker.
No checkable factual claims in this ad: it's opinion and slogans, nothing a source could confirm or refute.
Paid for by SHARICE FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-07-015 variantsspend $33,000–37,495495,000–569,995 impressions
One dollar. That’s all I’m asking for to help me defend the last blue spot in Kansas.
I’m kinda unique in Congress — a red state Democrat who’s never been afraid to call out Trump when he’s wrong. But that voice has put a huge political target on my back in this election.
Your one dollar is the key to fighting back. Please, give today.
Glittering Generalities: Vague, emotionally positive framing that a tiny donation is 'the key' to 'fighting back' without saying what is being fought or how.
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