OVERLAND PARK, KAN. - The Adam Hamilton press team wasted no time getting the word out to the media on the election. The following was send to media just before 11:00 p.m. November 3, 2026:
(editor note: the Salina Post has reached out to Senator Roger Marshall for comment but has not heard back as of this writing)
"Adam Hamilton tonight was elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first Democrat Kansas has sent to the Senate in 94 years. In a state where Democrats make up only about a quarter of registered voters, Hamilton won with support from Democrats, Independents, and Republicans across the state.
“Together, we made history tonight,” Hamilton told supporters in Overland Park. “I believe the people who voted for me were saying, ‘What’s happening in Washington is not okay.’”
Hamilton pointed to the toll that decisions in Washington have taken on Kansas families: a war no one wanted and tariffs that have driven up the cost of living, thousands of Kansans who have lost their health insurance, and children removed from their SNAP benefits. “These decisions in Washington hurt our farmers, ranchers and businesses and every Kansan,” he said.
He said Kansans are also tired of politics that divide them. “Kansans want Republicans and Democrats to work together to actually solve problems, to meet in the middle,” Hamilton said. “We represent the heart of America, and we’re tired of the division.”
Hamilton described a voter he met at a campaign event in Pittsburg last week who told him he had voted in 46 elections and never once voted for a Democrat, until this year. “This was not about Republican or Democrat for him,” Hamilton said. “It was about decent or indecent, moral or immoral. It was about kind or cruel.”
Hamilton said his campaign was built on two big ideas: “We are better together as Republicans and Democrats, and decency matters.”
“Kansans are good, decent people,” he said. “In this election they are saying, ‘We’re tired of the bullies, the chaos, the harming of people, and we won’t ignore the pain of our neighbors.’”
Hamilton thanked the Kansans who voted for him, the volunteers who worked to make the moment possible, his campaign staff, and supporters across the country.
“Tonight we made history,” Hamilton said. “The real work starts January 3rd.”