Politics
Democratic faith leaders contest red-state seats ahead of US midterms
October 19, 2026 at 06:31 PM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 4 hours
At least nine Christian clergy, seminary students and Sunday school teachers are running for Congress in GOP-leaning states, led by Kansas pastor Adam Hamilton.
- Hamilton, pastor of a 23,000-member Methodist congregation, won Kansas's Democratic Senate primary on August 4 and now faces Republican incumbent Roger Marshall.
- Trump will campaign for Marshall at a Wichita rally in the early hours of Tuesday, two weeks before the November 3 election.
- A Marist poll showed Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, a seminary student, leading Republican Ken Paxton 47 percent to 45.
- An October AP/NORC poll found about six in ten Latino voters dissatisfied with Trump's performance in office.