Kansas Democrat Adam Hamilton Seeks First Senate Win for His Party Since 1932
Photo: The Guardian USAdam Hamilton, a pastor and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas, is running in a race described as too close to call, with some recent polls putting him on course to win. Kansas has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932, 94 years ago. Donald Trump won the state by 16 points two years ago. Speaking to business leaders in Topeka on Friday, Hamilton said he entered the race after watching the Trump administration act in ways he called not kind or compassionate, and after waiting for Republican Sen. Roger Marshall to stand up for Kansans. He also invokes Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz on the trail. In a January 2025 sermon, Hamilton read descriptions of four Biden-era executive orders on gender identity and LGBTQ protections to his congregation, saying losing them was painful for LGBTQ people.
Reuters, the alternative source, asks whether disillusioned voters could end the 94-year drought, citing the Depression, collapsed wheat prices and the Dust Bowl. The Guardian leads with the campaign, polls and Hamilton's own words. Breitbart focuses on the sermon and his response to Trump's reversal of Biden's orders.
How the sides differ Alternative sources stress the historical rarity of a Democratic win; left sources stress Hamilton's campaign and polls; right sources focus on his sermon on transgender orders.
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The Guardian US profiles Hamilton's campaign, citing polls, Republican concern, and Hamilton's own remarks, including his Wizard of Oz theme and criticism of the Trump administration and Sen. Marshall.
Reuters frames the race historically, asking whether disillusioned voters could elect Kansas's first Democratic senator in 94 years, and recalls the Depression-era backdrop of 1932.
Breitbart centers on a January 2025 sermon in which Hamilton read Biden-era gender identity orders and lamented their reversal under Trump, emphasizing his remarks on LGBTQ protections.