President Donald Trump floated an upcoming rally to stump for Republican incumbent Senator Roger Marshall in Kansas as polling shows Democrat Adam Hamilton slightly ahead roughly three weeks from Election Day. Marshall, a doctor, is currently in the seat that has been held by the GOP since 1919, the longest ever for any party. In his post on Truth Social discussing the potential rally, Trump called him one of his "favorite Senators." Midterm elections are commonly viewed as a test of the political environment facing the party in power, and the president's party has historically lost seats during them.
Republicans now hold a narrow majority in both the House and Senate. Trump carried Kansas by double digits over then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, underscoring the state’s Republican tilt. But Democrats have maintained a foothold in the state, with Laura Kelly in the governor’s mansion even as Republicans hold both U.S.
When reached for comment about Trump's new post, Hamilton campaign spokesman Tyson Brody told Newsweek, "Washington is panicking over desperate, failing politician Roger Marshall. They’re sending in millions to try to distract from Marshall’s record of supporting the war in Iran, gutting healthcare, and raising prices on everything from gas to groceries. Marshall is turning to these desperate lies and false attacks because Kansans have learned Roger Marshall had pregnant mothers arrested and jailed over small medical debts, and voted to block the release of the Epstein files.
Roger Marshall is desperate to hide from his record of protecting predators and preying on low-income families in Kansas.” Newsweek reached out to Marshall's campaign via email on Monday for comment. In his new post, Trump praised Marshall, calling him a wonderful person, who has been given a "bum rap" for allegedly requesting money owed to him by his patients. "If he didn’t make these requests, he would be breaking the Law, and subject to criminal liability and arrest," Trump added in his post.
Earlier this month, election forecaster The Cook Political Report moved the race from Lean Republican to a Toss Up, adding to the potentially troubling signs for Republicans surrounding the contest. Cook said Hamilton is running an "increasingly strong race" while highlighting the attack ad against Marshall, an OB-GYN, over billing and collection practices at his office. Marshall had branded the ad targeting his practice a "lie." Meanwhile, Marshall has called Hamilton a "radical Democrat," adding that "his sermons are identical to the Democratic Party platform." Trump also threw jabs at Hamilton, saying that he loves high taxes, open borders and added that he wouldn't want the Democrat to be his pastor.
Hamilton is pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the country, the Church of the Resurrection. He founded the Kansas City-area congregation in 1990 at age 25, according to his campaign website. "He’s caused nothing but turmoil in his church, which has broken up, and is virtually at war with each other because of him.
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