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A century later, Kansas has a Democratic senator: pastor Adam Hamilton snatches the seat from Republican Marshall

The founder of the largest Methodist congregation in the US is taking Republican Roger Marshall's seat, a gynecologist backed by Trump

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A century later, Kansas has a Democratic senator: pastor Adam Hamilton snatches the seat from Republican Marshall

Adam Hamilton, a Democrat and Methodist pastor, has made history by becoming the first Democratic candidate to win a Senate seat in Kansas in nearly a century. He secured 51.3% of the vote, defeating Republican Roger Marshall, a doctor who had held the seat since 2020 and garnered 45.7% of the vote.

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