Adam Hamilton
Liberal
Democrat
N/A
Kansas
Current Position: Pastor
Running For: Senator
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against broad executive tariffs without congressional approval; supports requiring congressional approval for new tariffs and publishing cost impacts to American families before tariffs take effect
- For creating tax credits for first-time home buyers, firefighters, police officers, and teachers
- For modernizing and standardizing regulations for modular homes to increase housing supply
Business & Labor
- For requiring data centers to cover their own electricity costs through binding legislation rather than voluntary pledges
- For requiring competitive bidding processes for utility transmission projects
- For prioritizing home-based care reimbursement and increasing reimbursement rates for home health aides to support seniors aging in place
- For banning Wall Street and institutional investors from buying single-family homes and closing loopholes in existing investor purchase limits
- Against algorithmic pricing by landlords designed to reduce competition and drive up rent
- For eliminating tariffs harming Kansas farmers and doubling USDA export promotion funding; supports new trade market access agreements
- For passing a full five-year farm bill after years of congressional delay
- For expanding domestic fertilizer production through USDA's Fertilizer Production Expansion Program with accelerated permitting
- Against algorithmic price-fixing at grocery stores; supports prohibiting dynamic pricing based on market conditions or personal shopper data and penalizing violators
- For banning junk fees hidden from consumers across lodging, ticketing, telecommunications, and travel industries
- For restoring CFPB overdraft fee protections to prevent banks from aggressively profiting off consumers
- For investigating private equity consolidation in health care, housing, and groceries as anticompetitive
- For requiring clawback provisions on corporate economic-development incentives to ensure promised jobs and investment are delivered
- For strengthening workers' right to organize; supports the Faster Labor Contracts Act requiring employers to begin bargaining within 10 days of a union election
- For fully funding the National Labor Relations Board, OSHA, and NIOSH
- For cracking down on wage theft through harsher penalties and stronger Department of Labor enforcement
- Against AI-only employment decisions without human oversight; supports the No Robot Bosses Act requiring human review of hiring, firing, and promotions
Health Care
- For expanding Medicare to cover vision and dental care
- For expanding Medicare drug price negotiation and extending negotiated prices to private insurance plans; for capping out-of-pocket drug costs
- Against Medicaid cuts; for reversing federal Medicaid reductions and restoring ACA premium tax credits
- For site-neutral Medicare payment reform and cracking down on Medicare Advantage overpayments to reduce waste
- For protecting and investing in rural hospitals by fixing underpayment from insurers including Medicare Advantage
- For reforming medical billing and debt collection; supports capping interest on medical debt, limiting wage garnishment, and keeping medical debt off credit reports
- For reforming prior authorization so insurance paperwork cannot delay or deny care that doctors prescribe
- For fully funding animal disease vaccine banks, laboratory networks, and preparedness programs to address avian influenza and New World Screwworm outbreaks
Environment
- For restoring domestic energy production tax credits and opposing restrictions on domestic energy projects
- For year-round E15 ethanol fuel legislation
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights; supports codifying access to contraception into law and requiring insurers to cover non-prescription over-the-counter birth control
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For prohibiting members of Congress and their households from buying or selling individual stocks, bonds, commodities, and cryptocurrencies while in office; requires placement in blind trust or full divestment
- For extending congressional stock trading ban to cover cryptocurrency and digital assets
- For prohibiting members of Congress and staff from gambling on prediction markets through legislation
- For a constitutional amendment establishing 18-year term limits for members of Congress and the Supreme Court
- For establishing age limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court justices
- For strengthening residency requirements for members of Congress
- Against dark money in elections; supports ending unlimited dark money expenditures by billionaires and special interests
- For withholding member pay during government shutdowns
- For permanently prohibiting members of Congress from becoming federal lobbyists and extending cooling-off periods for senior staff
- For restoring independence protections for Inspectors General to prevent political interference
- For limiting presidential pardon power to prevent self-dealing and corrupt use of clemency
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For reforming the H-2A guest-worker program to permit year-round visas, lower compliance costs, and provide a path to legal status for existing agricultural workers
Public Safety
- For strengthening DOJ's Elder Justice Initiative and increasing resources to combat elder fraud and AI-enabled scams