At the conclusion of the 2014 midterm elections, Kansas remains a red state, possibly helping  Republicans take the majority they desired in the United States Senate.

This comes with two of the most contentious and perhaps the most closely followed races between the Incumbent Republican Sam Brownback versus Democratic Paul Davis for Governor and Incumbent Republican Pat Robert’s battle against Independent Greg Orman for U.S. Senate.

Brownback and Roberts both came out victorious, their seats representing Kansas secure for another term.

Sedgwick County and the Wichita area sided predominantly with Brownback.

Paul Davis made his concession speech at approximately 11:05 p.m. while behind Brownback by only 2 percent of the vote.

“Sam Brownback is a man of conviction who loves our state; I congratulate him on his victory tonight,” Davis said. “This was an intense and very competitive campaign. While we fell just short of the outcome we wanted, I would do it all over again in a second.”

Brownback made his victory speech at approximately 11:25 p.m.

“We did it,” Brownback stated. “We won another four years. Also, I want to recognize and congratulate Paul Davis on a fabulous race. Known him for a long time and he was very gracious about it. We’re going to work to make this state a better place.

“Tomorrow we get back at it, making the Kansas comeback a reality.”

The first official results of the night came in when Orman conceded the race for Senatorship to Pat Roberts, giving United State Senate republicans a win they needed to gain the majority in the Senate.

“While Senator Roberts won tonight, we didn’t lose,” Orman stated. “We not only ran against Senator Roberts—we ran against the whole Washington establishment.”

Roberts waited until a little after 10:30 p.m. to address the win, building the suspense just like the campaign did.

“We did it Kansas,” Roberts said in his victory address. “I don’t think there is any question that the eyes of the nation were on Kansas. The country was counting on us to deliver a Republican majority to the senate and we delivered …thank-you Kansas.”

Roberts said he understands what voters want now after his slim 52 percent victory.

“I will be bold, I will be conservative and I will be constructive,” Roberts stated. “We will begin by unleashing the power of the American economy. We will reform the tax code and we will level the playing field so all businesses on the main streets of Kansas can grow equally. We will do great things.

“The era of the Obama/Reid gridlock is over.”

Davis and Brownback were neck and neck for the majority of the night, Davis lost momentum after the metropolitan area votes were counted and the more rural votes of western Kansas started coming in, leaving Brownback at a consistent 49 percent of the vote followed by Davis with 47 percent.

The City of Wichita also received final results shortly after 10 p.m. with a 62 percent of voters shooting down the sales tax increase.

Incumbent Republican Mike Pompeo overcame his opponent Democratic Perry Schuckman.

Republican Kris Kobach stamped out his democratic opponent, Jean Schodorf for Secretary of State with 58 percent of the vote.

Incumbent Republican Lynn Jenkins also retained her seat, securing 57 percent of the vote against her Democratic opponent Margie Wakefield.

Republican Ron Estes was elected by 66 percent of the vote to be Kansas State Treasurer.