Candidates •
Bob Dole, incumbent Senator since 1969 and former chair of the Republican National Committee (1971–73) (Republican) •
Bill Roy, U.S. Representative from
Topeka (Democratic)
Campaign Bob Dole, who had been connected to the
Watergate scandal during his freshman term through his role as the chair of the
Republican National Committee and his support for President
Richard Nixon, later admitted that he "was prepared to lose" the general election to Roy. He struggled to establish his position on the scandal, admitting in an interview that summer that "It's an impossible dilemma. One guy gives me hell for betraying Nixon, the next comes up to me and says, 'I'm for you Bob, but you've got to get Nixon off your back.'" Roy's advertisements contrasted Dole, "who put loyalty to Nixon and his party ahead of loyalty to his state," with Roy, a moderate and former Republican whom they described as "a respected voice for Kansas." !-->
Results == See also ==