Kansas hasn’t elected a democratic senator in 94 years and hasn’t even been competitive is 50+. Now the Cook Political Report has the race as a toss up, against an incumbent Republican. Whether Hamilton wins or loses, that’s already an incredible accomplishment in itself. And he’s done it without selling out trans people and giving into fearmongering the way some other Democrats have, most notably Josh Turek in Iowa.

Obviously, running where he is he’s not going to be perfect, but from a quick glance he’s kinda killing it, tactfully shutting down culture war BS and focusing on things that actually affect people materially. And he’s not taken money from AIPAC and seems to have a decent stance on Israel (calling for cutting “offensive aid”).

As much as I shit on the Democrats and push back on “Blue no matter who” BS, when there’s a candidate that meets a reasonable baseline for being a decent human being, I say knock yourself out. This is a race that could matter a great deal, because if he can actually pull this off it could serve as strong evidence and a proof of concept that you can stand up for the rights of trans people, Palestinians, and other minorities, and still win. Making it competitive when the state went +16 for Trump is already an accomplishment.

Yes, that’s right. I, a notorious tankie shill and CCP bot, widely known to only show up just before elections to discourage voting (even though I’m here the whole time), am telling you, days before the election that, if you happen to live in Kansas, you should probably pokemon go the polls.