A too-close-to-call governor's race, a family killed on their way to the airport and a Trump nomination for a familiar Kansas name — catch up on the day.

Current and former House Democrats, flush with victory following their landslide midterm wins, are already looking at potential opportunities to run for Senate in 2028, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Democrats' 2026 romp — with wins in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and possibly even Mississippi — has some party members reevaluating what were once considered impossible targets. A source close to Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) — who was...

The fresh faces of the 120th Congress arrived on Capitol Hill on Monday for Senate freshman orientation following Democrats’ takeover of the upper chamber in last week’s midterm elections. Among the incoming senators is Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS), the megachurch pastor who flipped a Senate seat in a state that had not elected a Democrat […]

Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS) warned his party on Monday that it does not necessarily hold a firm grasp on voters it flipped blue last week, cautioning that the blue wave could relapse if Democrats do not focus on delivering results. Hamilton is one of at least seven Democrats who managed to wrest a Senate seat […]

The nation's biggest political shift in a half-century sparked a flood of jaw-dropping headlines. Democrats take control of the House and Senate, winning even in such deep red states as Kansas and South Carolina.

Democrats flipped seats and statehouses from Texas to Kansas. If they want the White House back, they need to study how it happened – and who won.

In Kansas, Adam Hamilton beat Roger Marshall to become Kansas' first Democratic U.S. senator since before "The Wizard of Oz" was released in movie theaters in 1939. Trump could not have have done more in the past two years to undermine his party and its political standing if he'd purposely set out on a mission of self-sabotage.

Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton is among the Democrats who say they will not support Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader.

Kansas Senator-elect Adam Hamilton responds to President Trump making Stephen Miller his new chief of staff, telling Dana Bash, “I’m actually surprised that he did that, because the election was a repudiation of so much of what Trump has stood for, and I think so much of that was designed by Stephen Miller.”

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has lost reelection, the Associated Press projected, denying him a second term as the state’s top lawyer. Kobach lost to Chris Mann, a former prosecutor and police officer who nearly beat him in 2024. Mann leads with 50.6 percent of the vote to Kobach’s 49.4 percent, or a lead of…