TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents are claiming some credit for victories in Kansas by Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts and GOP Gov. Sam Brownback.

Leaders of the state Republican and Democratic parties said Thursday that their mailings, fliers and phone calls were a factor in the election’s outcome.

The anti-abortion group Kansans for Life says it sent about 640,000 mailings to households across during the general election campaign. Executive director Mary Kay Culp said the group also made about the same number of phone calls to get anti-abortion voters to the polls.

Both independent Senate candidate Greg Orman and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis support abortion rights. Their contests with Roberts and Brownback were close going into Tuesday’s election.

But abortion-rights supporters said races did not turn on that issue.