Supporters cheer and hold "Adam Hamilton for Kansas" signs at an election night party
Adam Hamilton supporters cheer his election the US Senate. Photograph: Austin Johnson/AFP/Getty Images
Adam Hamilton supporters cheer his election the US Senate. Photograph: Austin Johnson/AFP/Getty Images
Deep-red Kansas votes for change as patience wears thin with Trump: ‘The economy is really taking a beating’

Bills have soared in rural state buffeted by tariffs and war in Iran – and Democrat Adam Hamilton’s stunning upset shows how deep economic frustrations run

Linda Olson always does her homework before voting – a trait she inherited from a family invested, and interested, in politics. Her father was a photographer who took portraits of political leaders in Washington, while her grandparents were farmers who cared deeply about their industry.