# The Christian left is here

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-christian-left-is-here/
- Published: 2026-11-04T04:40:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T05:11:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Vox (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.vox.com/politics/508840/james-talarico-adam-hamilton-win-christian-left-religious-democrats
- Topics: Government, Politics

## Key points

- Two Democratic Christians won Senate races in Texas and Kansas.
- Their campaigns linked Christian faith with Democratic priorities.
- Other Christian Democrats are competing in Iowa House races.

## Summary

James Talarico’s projected Senate victory in Texas and Adam Hamilton’s win in Kansas point to a growing religious left in US Democratic politics. Both candidates made their Christian faith central to their campaigns, presenting it as compatible with Democratic priorities and as an alternative to the conservative Christian politics often associated with the Republican Party.

Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, was leading Republican Ken Paxton by 20 points when the result was called; Hamilton, a Methodist pastor, defeated incumbent Roger Marshall in a state that had not elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. Both spoke about faith, care for others and repairing political divisions, while criticising Christian nationalism. In Iowa, Lutheran minister Sarah Trone Garriott and Presbyterian minister Lindsay James were also leading in races for Republican-held House seats.

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