Kansas Senate
Roger Marshall (R) holds this seat and is running again. 3 candidates are on the ballot on November 3, 2026. The Cook Political Report rates it leaning Republican.
Roger Marshall
Republican · holds this seat today
A-Liberty Score A-On the liberty side in 77 of 85 votes and bills.
Adam Hamilton
Democrat · founding pastor of the largest United Methodist church
3/7With liberty on 3 of 7 measuresNot a letter grade. Hamilton has cast no vote in Congress since 2021, so this comes from what Hamilton has said and done, on the 7 measures where the record settles which side Hamilton is on.
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Adam Hamilton, on the record
Hamilton has no votes in Congress since 2021, so there is no letter grade. This is what Hamilton has said and done on our measures. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test we use for votes.
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Said in the Kansas State Fair debate that the United States should not be in the war with Iran.
“We should not be in the war.”
- By the test we use for votes
- Against liberty
The measure is maximum pressure on the regime in Tehran. We count a vote to stop American action against it as against liberty.
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Said in a Politico interview that he wants to end American offensive weapons for Israel, and that he would not vote to stop all weapons transfers.
“I don’t want my tax money being used for weapons that are going to be dropped on hospitals, destroying entire communities”
- By the test we use for votes
- Against liberty
We count a vote to block a single weapons sale to Israel as against liberty. He would end offensive weapons and keep defensive ones.
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In the same interview called Israel an ally with a right to exist in safety, and said he would not call the war in Gaza a genocide.
“has a right to exist in safety and security and they are an ally.”
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
Treating Israel as an ally is the measure. Taken with the line above, his record on it is mixed.
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Said in an interview that safe and secure borders are important to him.
“I want us to have safe and secure borders, that’s really, really important”
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
A secure border is the measure. Taken with the line below, his record on it is mixed.
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In the same interview said Immigration and Customs Enforcement has moved from going after the most dangerous people to going after anyone who is in the country without having gone through the right process, and that what is happening today is not okay.
“But it’s moved from being the most dangerous elements out there to being anybody who might be here for however long they’ve been here”
- By the test we use for votes
- Against liberty
The measure is enforcing immigration law and deporting those who break it. He objects to enforcing it against people whose only offense is being in the country illegally.
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Said on NPR in 2017 that the order temporarily barring refugees and citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries did not make him feel safer and might help radical jihadists make their case against America, and that he understood why other people felt safer.
“I didn't personally feel safer. I think, I felt this adds to a perception of America that might further support the feelings of more radical jihadists who would say well, "Here America's showing its true stripes."”
- By the test we use for votes
- Against liberty
The measure is travel limits and strict vetting for entry from Islamic countries. He argued the 2017 limits did more harm than good.
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Said in a Politico interview that Hamas is horrible and has to go.
“Hamas needs to go, I think Hamas is horrible”
- By the test we use for votes
- Not clear either way
The measure is about the Muslim Brotherhood, supporters of Hamas and religious rule in the West. Saying Hamas has to go is not a position on any of those, so it counts for nothing.
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Told United Methodist News that he believes in the separation of church and state, and that as a senator he would carry his faith with him and hoped that would be a witness for United Methodists.
“As a person of faith, I carry my faith with me.”
- By the test we use for votes
- Not clear either way
A senator having a faith is not religious law in government. This is about him, not a policy, so it counts for nothing.
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Told voters in Emporia that as a senator he would defend the rights of people of any faith or none, and that he is not running to make the country Christian.
“fight for the rights of all people, whether they have any faith or not.”
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
The measure is the same freedom for believers and non-believers. This is that.
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Said in an interview that tariffs have a place against unfair trade, that the frequent changes to them are bad for business, and pointed to a bill that would require the president to submit tariff proposals to Congress.
“There’s a place for tariffs. Tariffs can help us sometimes.”
- By the test we use for votes
- Not clear either way
Tariffs are one of the questions we have not ruled on yet, so this counts for nothing.
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In the Kansas State Fair debate, rejected the proposal to send 5,000 dollars to every adult, at a cost of more than 1 trillion dollars, and said the money should go to the national debt or to people who lost health and food benefits.
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
We count a vote against a very large new spending package as with liberty.
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His campaign spokesman told PolitiFact that Hamilton does not think girls should compete against boys in sports and that gender surgery should not be performed on children.
- By the test we use for votes
- With liberty
We count a vote for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act as with liberty. This came from his spokesman, not from him.
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As a pastor, backed the decision of the United Methodist Church to allow LGBTQ clergy; his church has a ministry for LGBTQ members and takes part in Pride events.
“One small part of my ministry has been trying to make sure that people who felt alienated from the church and pushed away knew that Christ welcomed them and they were loved by our congregation”
- By the test we use for votes
- Not clear either way
The measure is race and gender ideology in schools, sports, the military and government. What a church decides for itself is not government policy, so this counts for nothing.
Also on the ballot
David Graham (Libertarian).
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