Kansas Democrats pick Adam Hamilton to face Roger Marshall for Senate
Hamilton, a record fundraiser, won a crowded 11-candidate field and will challenge Marshall in a state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in more than 90 years.
- On Tuesday, Democrat Adam Hamilton won the Kansas Democratic primary, securing his party's nomination for U.S. Senate after emerging from a field of 11 candidates.
- Republican incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall defeated challenger Pond Naramore in Tuesday's primary election, positioning himself for a general election matchup while seeking another six-year term.
- Hamilton set a Kansas fundraising record by collecting nearly $3.7 million within his first 62 days of entering the race, establishing significant financial advantage during the primary.
- "Tonight Kansans said they had enough of the chaos and corruption in Roger Marshall's Washington DC," Hamilton said in a statement, criticizing skyrocketing prices for gas, groceries, and health care.
- Republicans have won every U.S. Senate race in Kansas since 1932, yet the general election scheduled for Nov. 3 will feature Hamilton, Marshall, and Libertarian David Graham.
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Dem Megachurch Pastor Wins Kansas Senate Primary
The New York Times reports: The Rev. Adam Hamilton, the pastor of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country, won the Democratic nomination for Senate in Kansas on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, setting up a long-shot challenge to Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican, in the general election. The state has not sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in nearly 100 years, and Kansas is not a serious factor in Democrats’ hopes…
Pastor’s Senate primary win gives Democrats a ray of hope in deep-red Kansas
The Rev. Adam Hamilton will be a serious underdog against Roger Marshall, a Republican, but Democrats think the state could be competitive if the November environment is favorable enough to...
Kansas Senate race set: Democrat Adam Hamilton to take on Republican Sen. Roger Marshall
The Associated Press declared Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton the winner of the Kansas Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. The win sends Hamilton to a November showdown with Republican incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall.
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