Adam Hamilton becomes first Democrat elected to the US Senate from Kansas in 94 years
Hamilton won by courting moderates and independents as Democrats outspent Republicans by $20 million in a record $110 million race.
- On Tuesday, Democratic Rev. Adam Hamilton defeated Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, ending a 94-year Democratic drought in the state, according to NBC News and Decision Desk HQ projections.
- Marshall faced scrutiny after The New York Times reported he sued more than 700 patients over medical debts as low as $101, while Hamilton, a United Methodist minister, campaigned as a centrist first-time candidate who switched from Republican registration earlier this year.
- The contest shattered spending records with total ad spending surpassing $84 million. Hamilton invested roughly $16 million on ad buys, dwarfing Marshall's $6 million investment.
- Hamilton secured 53 percent of the vote against Marshall's 44.8 percent with 83 percent of votes counted, giving Democrats a crucial pickup in their fight for Senate control.
- Despite President Donald Trump rallying for Marshall near Wichita on October 19, the incumbent lost to Hamilton, whose moderate appeal attracted crossover Republican voters in a traditionally red state.
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Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton became the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in nearly a century in the traditionally Republican state, which unexpectedly became one of the most important battlegrounds in this year's election.
Republicans suffer historic Senate upset as Dem flips deep-red state for first time in nearly a century - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The GOP’s nightmare scenario became a reality in Kansas on Election Night, where an insurgent Democratic newcomer toppled a Republican incumbent for the first time in nearly a century. Megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton is projected to defeat first-term Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., in one of the more unexpectedly close and brutal races during this midterm election cycle, according to Fox News Decision Des…
The opposition gains surprisingly clearly in the USA. Even in republican states important seats fall.
Republicans suffer historic Senate upset as Dem flips deep-red state for first time in nearly a century
Adam Hamilton defeated Sen. Roger Marshall in the Kansas midterm election, sending a Democrat to the Senate for the first time since 1932 and dealing a major blow to the Republican majority.
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Adam Hamilton snatched Republicans this Tuesday, according to projections by CNN, AP, and NBC, the seat for the Upper House in the mid-term elections in Kansas, a key state for Senate control that has not elected a Democratic senator since 1932.
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