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(The Center Square) –Democrat Adam Hamilton won the race for U.S. Senate in Kansas on Tuesday, the first time a Democrat has won a Senate seat in Kansas since 1932.
Hamilton overcame incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, with 51.9% of the vote in the crucial race to determine partisan control of the upper chamber.
The Cook Political report ranked the race as one of seven “toss up” races across the country that will determine partisan favor in the upper chamber.
“Thank you, Kansas. Thank you for your faith in me and for the opportunity to fight for you in Washington,” Hamilton wrote on social media after results were announced.
A United Methodist pastor, Hamilton focused his campaign on lowering household energy and utility costs, ending the Trump administration’s tariff policies, and expanding Medicare drug price negotiations.
Hamilton said he would support the Trade Review Act, legislation led by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Jerry Moran, R-Kansas. The legislation would require congressional approval for new tariffs and publish the cost of tariffs for Americans.
“When Washington imposes sweeping tariff taxes without a vote, the bill lands on Kansas farmers, manufacturers, and families in the form of higher prices on everything from equipment and fertilizer to groceries,” Hamilton’s website reads.
Marshall criticized the Trade Review Act when it was introduced in March 2025. He pushed for support of the president’s tariff authority and said it would bring back manufacturing to the United States.
In an interview, Marshall acknowledged that the tariffs would cause “short-term pain.”
“This is also going to bring jobs back to America as well, which is a good thing,” Marshall said in a February 2025 interview. “So I think there’s some real good logic behind what President Trump is doing.”
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