Adam Hamilton — a Democrat Kansas pastor whom President Donald Trump reportedly called a "pervert" — has beaten his incumbent counterpart, Republican Roger Marshall, for U.S. Senate in a historic upset.

No Democrat from Kansas has won a U.S. Senate seat since 1932, according to the Associated Press, which called the race for Hamilton late Tuesday night with him leading Marshall by about six percentage points.

'If you're not in favor of same-sex marriage, then be who you are. But do it lovingly.'

Hamilton — the longtime pastor for one of the largest United Methodist churches in the nation — is a supporter of transgender rights, abortion rights, and same-sex marriage, The Hill reported.

In a Park City rally last month, Trump said Hamilton “openly mocks Jesus" due to his stance on transgender rights, the Washington Post said.

Hamilton responded by saying that Trump painting him as a "pervert" was "sad" and "pathetic," The Hill noted. Hamilton added, "It doesn't bother me. I feel like that says more about him than it says about me.”

NBC News said Hamilton's "upset victory in a state Donald Trump carried by 16 points in the 2024 election gives Democrats a major boost in the fight for the Senate majority."

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What's more, the news network said Hamilton has never held public office and was registered as a Republican until earlier this year. NBC News added that Hamilton, 62, ran as a moderate and garnered bipartisan support.

Hamilton said he will work with Trump on "anything the president wants to do that’s good for the people of Kansas," The Hill noted.

As for the defeated Marshall, NBC News said he served two terms in the House prior to winning his first term in the Senate by 11 points in 2020.

As for his sociopolitical stances, Hamilton said, "There's room for people to have differences of opinion on things. If you're not in favor of same-sex marriage, then be who you are. But do it lovingly.”

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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) warned Republican leaders on Tuesday evening just as his party was projected to retake a U.S. House majority.

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President Donald Trump congratulated Democrats, saying he looked forward to working with them following a devastating Election Day for Republicans.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that Americans across the country have "had enough of the extremism" after Democrats took majorities in the House and the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections.

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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was voted out of office on Tuesday, losing to Gina Hinojosa — an open-borders Democrat who has championed taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens and sanctuary cities in the Lone Star State.

Abbott, who first assumed office in 2015 and led his state through the worst of the Biden border crisis, called the Texas Democratic state representative Tuesday evening to concede the race after trailing her by double digits.

'You all helped me to be your governor for 12 years.'

With 82% of the votes in, Hinojosa led Abbott 53%-45.7%, according to the Associated Press.

In response to the Abbott campaign characterizing her as a radical, Hinojosa said, "I plan to spend an entire campaign focused on the fact that working people are too broke," adding that her "pronouns are mom, Texan, and soon-to-be governor."

Hinojosa — who previously voted against restrictions on sex-rejection surgeries on kids — largely ran on a populist platform, promising to "lower healthcare, grocery, and utility costs, make home ownership a reality, and put $1500 in your pocket."

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Her win constitutes a major upset — not only for Abbott but in a state that hasn't had a Democratic governor since 1995.

Although the Republican-controlled state legislature can restrict her ability to radically transform Texas, she in turn can torpedo Republican lawmakers' agenda with vetoes and strategic appointments.

Abbott, whom then-Gov. George W. Bush appointed in 1996 to the Texas Supreme Court, battled the Obama administration as the Lone Star State's attorney general and battled the Biden administration as its 48th governor.

He told his supporters after conceding the race, "The thing that I'm most proud about is that you all helped me to be your governor for 12 years. Thank you very much."

The governor also said that he would help his Democratic successor with the transition.

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Incumbent Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) secured another term on Tuesday night in the state's 2026 gubernatorial election, NBC News projects.

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Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek have campaigned for a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa, and the results are in.

Hinson and Turek have been nearly dead-even throughout most of the Senate race, based on data pulled from Blaze News Poll Watch. At times, their popularity skirted past each other, trading places with only a 0.1% difference between them.

‘What do you think about your own base if you don't want to talk to your own base?’

However, something changed in August. Although their popularity was still closely contested, Turek took a narrow lead and kept it all the way through to election night.

After tallying up all the votes, Turek won the Senate race, while Hinson suffered an upsetting defeat.

Turek will replace Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, who is retiring this year. His victory ultimately disrupts Republicans' Senate streak, becoming the state's first Democrat senator since Tom Harkin retired in 2015.

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Iowa resident and BlazeTV host Steve Deace, who followed this race closely, said this about Hinson:

How many conversations [do] you think I've ever had with Ashley Hinson? It's a low number. Like the lowest of them all. Zero.

Somehow, I've managed to build the largest media platform ever to come out of the state of Iowa. I happen to have a media platform. [Hinson] wants to run for statewide office, and typically, [politicians] want to pay people like me to get access to the platform. No interest whatsoever.

What do you think about your own base if you don't want to talk to your own base?

Both candidates on the ticket have notable political experience. Getting her start as a journalist for KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Hinson later went on to serve as an Iowa House representative from 2017 to 2021, and she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020.

As for Turek, he has served as a House representative since 2022. Before that, he was a former professional basketball player, as well as a Paralympic medalist.

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Tuesday on ABC New’s midterm election coverage, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said “the Trump era is over.” Anchor David Muir saud, “Out of the Lone Star State tonight, Gina Hinojosa winning in the race for governor, the Democrat,

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Democrats reclaimed the Senate Tuesday by toppling GOP candidates across Trump country, with Chuck Schumer clinching five pickups in a midterm wave.

Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown won his bid to return to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio two years after losing his seat to Republican Bernie Moreno in the 2024 election.

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Conservatives reacted to massive Democratic victories across the country, calling it "catastrophic" and assigning blame to the Iran war and President Trump.

With long-time Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds wrapping up nearly a full decade in office, the Midwest state was primed for new leadership. On the ballot, Republican Zach Lahn faced off against Democrat Rob Sand to see who would lead the state, and the results are in.

Lahn, a businessman and farmer, co-founded an investment firm called Homeplace Ventures, as well as a private school in Wichita, Kansas, called Wonder. Sand has served as the state auditor of Iowa since 2018. Before that, he was a chief prosecutor with an emphasis on public corruption cases.

'Fifteen years of work essentially goes down the drain in one election.'

Leading up to election night on Tuesday, the Iowa governor race appeared to be slipping away from Republican control. According to Blaze News Poll Watch, Sand led Lahn with more than half of voter support.

Even worse, Sand's victory trajectory had been on a slow-but-steady climb since August, while Lahn's prospects slid downward.

That's why it comes as no surprise that Sand clinched the governor's seat on election night. Sand is the first Democrat to be elected Iowa governor since 2006.

Although Iowa has morphed into a red state since electing President Donald Trump in 2016, political change is common when it comes to the Iowa governorship, often rotating between Republicans and Democrats every several decades.

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Iowa resident and BlazeTV host Steve Deace has followed this race closely.

"Fifteen years of work essentially goes down the drain in one election. I assume that we're gonna find out just how many multicolored-hair trannies truly live in the state of Iowa, 'cause they're all gonna be running agencies there in January and acting like the last 15 years never happened," Deace said.

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Former U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, has flipped one of Ohio’s Senate seats to blue after defeating Senator Jon Husted, who Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed to serve out the end of Vice President JD Vance’s term in the upper chamber of Congress.

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