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Thompson would only serve one term, losing [[1918 United States Senate election in Kansas|re-election in 1918]]. As of 2023, this is the last time the Democrats won the Class 2 Senate seat in Kansas. This represents the longest current winning streak of either party for a single Senate seat.
Curtis' political career, meanwhile, would rebound, as he was elected to [[1914 United States Senate election in Kansas|Kansas' other US Senate seat]], first by defeating Kansas' senior senator [[Joseph L. Bristow]] in the Republican primary, and then winning re-election nonconsecutively to the U.S Senate by a very narrow margin over two opponents, becoming the first Kansan to be popularly elected to the U.S Senate in a historic first. Curtis would serve in the Senate for three terms before resigning to become U.S. Vice President in March 1929, the first [[Native Americans in the United States|
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