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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MS NOW's Ruhle Fawns Over Liberal Pastor Senate Candidate for Kansas
On Wednesday's Money, Power, Politics, MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle fawned over liberal pastor Adam Hamilton, who is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Kansas, and gave him a forum to portray the religious right as bad Christians.Ruhle hyped the Kansas Democrat's chances of winning in solidly red Kansas by noting that the Cook Political Report moved its rating on the race from "solid" to "likely" Republican even though "likely" still m…
UMC Pastor Adam Hamilton Wins Kansas Democratic Senate Primary
United Methodist megachurch Pastor Adam Hamilton has secured the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Kansas after defeating 10 other candidates in a crowded primary field. During the campaign, he also set a Kansas fundraising record by bringing in nearly $3.7 million in his first 62 days.
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Word&WayAdam Hamilton, mega-church pastor, wins Dem Senate primary. Now comes the hard part.
(RNS) — The Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in the U.S., is about to test whether a pastor running as a Democrat can flip a red seat — and become Kansas’ first Democratic senator in nearly a century. The Associated Press called the race for Hamilton within minutes of polls closing on Tuesday (Aug. 4), with the pastor ultimately besting four other challengers by winning just shy of 35% of the vote. Hamilton will …
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…
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