Kansas Senate Race Explained: Can a Democrat Win the Seat for the First Time Since 1932?

Kansas Senate Race Explained: Can a Democrat Win the Seat for the First Time Since 1932?

Kansas votes on Tuesday, November 3, in one of the closest Senate races of the US midterm elections. Democrat Adam Hamilton, a Methodist pastor, is challenging Republican Senator Roger Marshall. Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the US Senate since 1932.

The result matters nationally. Republicans control the Senate, the upper house of the US Congress, by 53 seats to 47. Democrats need to gain four seats to take control, and Kansas is one of the Republican seats they are targeting.

Hamilton founded and leads the Church of the Resurrection near Kansas City. KCUR, Kansas City's public radio station, describes it as the largest United Methodist congregation in the United States. Hamilton entered the race in April. His campaign said he raised $1 million from about 6,700 donors in his first week, the Kansas Reflector reported. Within two months, he had raised $3.66 million, on course for a Kansas record for a Senate campaign's first reporting period, according to The Kansas City Star, citing federal election records.

Marshall, the sitting senator, is a doctor who specialized in childbirth before entering politics. He is…

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