Former Senate President Dave Kerr was set to host Hutchinson event for Democrat Adam Hamilton

Former Kansas Senate President Dave Kerr, a Republican, was set to host Democrat Adam Hamilton, who is challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, at a 6:30 p.m. event Thursday, Oct. 8, at Hutchinson's Historic Fox Theatre.

According to a campaign advisory issued before the event, the program at 18 E. First Ave. was to include remarks from Hamilton and Kerr and introductions by former Kroger CEO Dave Dillon and Betty Taylor, whom the advisory called a local leader.

The campaign said the event would bring together Kansans across party lines who were frustrated with Marshall over rising costs and farm policy.

The event followed the campaign's announcement Wednesday, Oct. 7, of "Republicans for Hamilton," which it described as a coalition of 100 prominent Kansas Republicans.

Members named by the campaign included former Govs. Bill Graves and Mike Hayden; Arch "Pond" Naramore, whom the campaign identified as Marshall's primary opponent; former House Majority Leader Don Hineman; former Kansas House Speaker Bob Miller; former Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger; and former 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Deanell Reece Tacha.

TIME described Kansas as a competitive Senate race and a possible battleground. Coverage compiled by Ground News reported endorsements of Hamilton by former Republican governors as part of a broader split within the Kansas Republican Party.

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