2026 Election: Kansas U.S. Senate race

Today, Kansas voters are deciding whether to send a Democrat to the U.S. Senate for the first time in nearly 100 years. Republican Senator Roger Marshall is up against Democrat Pastor Adam Hamilton in a race that could help decide which party controls the upper chamber. Fox's Amalia Roy joining us live from Overland Park, Kansas. She's at the Hamilton campaign watch party. Amalia, what's the latest? Hey, good evening, Alex. So very shortly, people are going to gather here and wait and see if Adam Hamilton can break a nearly 100 year Democrat losing streak. A Democrat has not won the Senate seat here since 1932. But over the course of this campaign, we've seen the state go from likely red to leaning red and then the final Fox News power rankings showing that it's a toss up. Now, big name Republicans have come to Kansas to give Senator Marshall a boost, Including Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz and then from the White House, both President Trump and Vice President Vance visiting the state twice. Trump and Marshall sharing the stage Sunday from Salina, Kansas in a final pitch to voters. You're not just choosing a senator, you're deciding whether your kids and grandkids grow up in Chuck Schumer's woke, radical America or in the Kansas that we love. Whether you're from Salina or I was raised in El Dorado, lived in Great Bend now for 25 years. Let's let Washington know where we're from. Meanwhile, Democrat Adam Hamilton spent the last week and a half on a bus tour across Kansas, reaching out to some of the state's most rural voters, Hamilton's slogan leading from the middle, and calling himself an independent-minded Democrat who will put his constituents over party politics. It's all part of an effort to peel away enough Republican voters in a state Trump easily won three times. That's what surprised me, is how many Republicans have come to my events and said, you've got my vote. You stand for what I stand for, and I'm very grateful for that. I'm grateful for the Republicans, Independents, and Democrats who are supporting me and who are saying, we've gotta do better in Washington, and we're gonna send you as a message to DC that in reliably red Kansas, DC has to do better. And Alec, I have here someone from Hamilton's campaign, Glynis Harvey, who's here to tell us about how they're feeling in these final moments or final hours before we find out who is going to go to DC. You know, Amalia, it's really great to be here. You've been on the road with us these past couple weeks. It's been awesome. I mean, we feel good. Early vote, outpaced 2022, which is awesome. We're also seeing great turnout, Election Day turnout in counties like Johnson County and Wyandotte and Sedgwick. And we've just seen a lot of enthusiasm across the state. So it's been a sprint to get here, but we're ready to see the results. Now, I have one more question because we have been together on these different stops across the state. Were there any times that you saw a growth in, especially in these rural areas, more Republican voters who might be going towards Adam Hamilton? Yeah, I mean, in Hays, we had that great in that VFW Hall, over 200 people there. We had over 200 people in Newton. Even in smaller areas, we were in Pratt, we had good crowds there. The enthusiasm is coming not just from Democrats, it's Republicans, it's independents who are just tired of what's happening in Washington, are frustrated with rising costs, are frustrated with the lack of access to healthcare, and that Roger Marshall hasn't been listening to them. So we feel really excited and we feel like Adam Hamilton is giving a lot of people hope and we're feeling cautiously optimistic about our results today. Thank you so much, Glynis. And Alec, whoever wins today will be joining Republican Senator Jerry Moran in DC. Back to you.