Rev. Adam Hamilton has defeated Republican Sen. Roger Marshall Kansas, NBC News projects, becoming the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in the ruby red state since 1932.
\n\nThe upset victory in a state President Donald Trump carried by 16 points in the 2024 election gives Democrats a major boost in the fight for the Senate majority.
\n\nHamilton, a minister at the largest Methodist congregation in the country, has never held public office and was registered as a Republican until earlier this year. Despite Kansas’ conservative history, it became a key battleground in the final stretch of the race. Amid growing backlash to Trump’s handling of the economy, Republican outside groups were forced to divert millions of dollars to boost Marshall. Democratic groups responded with their own ads, as well. Running as a moderate, Hamilton, 62, garnered bipartisan support, including from former GOP Govs. Bill Graves and Mike Hayden. He had served on former President Barack Obama’s faith advisory council and preached at his 2013 inaugural prayer service.
\n\nHamilton and his allies hit Marshall, 66, on the high prices that resulted from the Iran war and Trump’s tariff agenda, as well as on the health care cuts in the…
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