Kansas Democrat’s campaign manager created website with documents used in attack on political rival

By: Anna Kaminski

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: May 29, 2026

Words: 857

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Schmidt’s campaign manager left his digital footprint on documents uploaded to a website that linked a political rival to complaints about how he handled reports of child sex abuse.

The website appeared hours after a similar-looking one featuring Adam Hamilton’s name and photo at the top disappeared, which Schmidt denied being associated with.

Schmidt and Hamilton are among 11 Democrats who have announced a run to secure the …

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