KS-SEN: Kansas Democrat's campaign manager created website with documents used in attack on political rival

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 nomination to challenge Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall. Hamilton has been considered the Democratic frontrunner since he declared in early May.

Schmidt, a state Senator from Topeka, went public with accusations Wednesday, calling for Hamilton to withdraw from the race. Schmidt claimed Hamilton, pastor of the Kansas City-area United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, didn’t do enough to protect children who suffered abuse at the hands of a church youth camp volunteer in 2005 and 2006.



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