Adam Hamilton has won the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in Kansas.
Hamilton, a political outsider who works as a megachurch pastor and author, was selected as the nominee on Tuesday evening shortly after polls closed.
GOP leaders are working to send incumbent Republican Roger Marshall back to the Senate from a state typically seen as a conservative stronghold, but currently has a Democrat in the governor’s office.
1932 was the last time Democrats won a US Senate election in Kansas, but the state’s current governor, Democrat Laura Kelly, won in 2018 and 2022.
As results rolled in Tuesday night, over a quarter of Republicans came out to vote against Marshall, instead choosing to support his challenger Pond Naramore.
Hamilton beat out a crowded field in the Democratic primary, besting 10 other candidates.
Hamilton notes on his campaign website that he is ‘running for Senate because he believes we need to stop the chaos and corruption in Washington by actually listening and bringing people together to solve problems.’
Per Federal Election Commission (FEC) records, Hamilton has brought in over $4 million, compared to Marshall’s $6.2 million.
The Reverend Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, speaks as US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr Jill Biden and Vice President Biden as they attend a prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on January 22, 2013 in Washington, DC
