Democrats find God
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Democrats find God

B1IntermediateOctober 26, 202625 min
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Kansas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in over 90 years, but moderate pastor Adam Hamilton might break the losing streak. And his approach to religion could help Democrats around the country. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan with help from Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Kansas Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton addresses a crowd of supporters on Oct. 24, 2026 in Olathe, Kansas. Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by be...

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Today explained, I'm Sean Ramas from I live in Washington, DC, along with my colleague Christian Paz from Vox, but he went to Kansas. Christian Y. Kansas. I was on a mission.

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Like a Mormon mission? Let's go with Christian mission. I was on a faith journey, actually. Okay, okay.

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I was hunting down a guy named Adam Hamilton. He's a mega church pastor. He's a Methodist. He started the state's largest church in the Kansas City suburbs, and he's running

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