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Do we like Adam Hamilton?

Our score: 7 out of 10. Decent and on the right side on what we could read, but we couldn't open the full articles, so we're holding back from the top end.

Adam Hamilton co-founded his church with a handful of people in a funeral home chapel. It grew into Church of the Resurrection, the largest United Methodist congregation in the United States. That's the backstory: a pastor, not a career politician, who jumped into the race in April 2026.

The campaign was a real stoush. In April, the Kansas Republican Party filed a complaint alleging church resources, including its website and YouTube channel, were used to promote his exploratory Senate bid. Hamilton's campaign denied it and called the complaint political. We couldn't open the full reports, so we don't know how that complaint ended.

On the harm check, the coverage we saw points one way. Marshall blamed him for the United Methodist split over LGBTQ+ clergy, and Trump claimed at a rally that Hamilton's church spent money on anti-religious trans activity. Hamilton has said his views on same-sex marriage changed gradually as he got to know gay and lesbian people in his congregation. He has described defending trans people as an expression of his faith. His campaign denied the claim that the church helped pay for a Pride drag event.

The recent news is the big one. He was the Democratic nominee after winning a crowded primary in August and raising nearly $3.7 million in his first 62 days. On election night he unseated Marshall, with unofficial results around 51 per cent to 46. He hasn't cast a vote in the Senate yet, so there's no voting record to check his words against.

The honest gap is this. We found no court findings against him and no reports of mistreating people, but we couldn't open the full articles to dig into the texture. Treat this as a solid early read, not the final word. Watch what he does with the seat.