Adam Hamilton: The megachurch pastor who ended Democrats' 94-year Senate drought in Kansas

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS - NOVEMBER 03: U.S. Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS) reacts during a midterm election night watch party at the Marriott Kansas City Overland Park on November 03, 2026 in Overland Park, Kansas. Hamilton ran against incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS).   Jim Vondruska/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Jim Vondruska / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)

Democrat Adam Hamilton has secured a historic victory in Kansas’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in a stunning political upset. His win marks the first time in 94 years that Kansas has elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate, breaking a decades-long Republican hold on the state’s Senate representation. OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS … Read more