WASHINGTON — Kansas Senate Democratic candidate Adam Hamilton has expressed skepticism that synthetic intelligence is quickly changing into a “Tower of Babel” but holds as much as $4 million price of shares in the corporations constructing out AI infrastructure and information facilities across his state.

The Methodist minister, who is working to unseat Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, advised Politico in an interview earlier this month that it would be prudent for the US authorities to assist “slow down” the tempo of AI growth, “so we can create the right solutions and safeguards.”

Hamilton, in a July assertion, also opposed “giving tax breaks to massive corporations building data centers in our communities that can drive up energy costs and drain our water supply.”

An aerial view exhibits the Kansas City Data Center in Kansas City. Meta

But a massive portion of the pastor’s private belongings is attributable to investments in huge tech companies like Apple, as nicely as others now powering the future of AI — with a internet price of up to $20 million reported in Hamilton’s monetary disclosures filed with the US Senate in June.

While Marshall has also expressed considerations about the AI buildout, he has personally invested far less than Hamilton while still recording tens of 1000’s of shares in funds that recorded investments in AI and information middle infrastructure. The Republican’s internet price sits between $3 million and $9 million, per monetary disclosures.

In 2025 alone, the pastor also recorded a $394,239.05 wage from the Methodist megachurch he based, Church of Resurrection, and another $417,372.70 in royalties from publishing agreements.

Hamilton recorded up to $3.5 million in shares in the cloud and information middle operators in the 2025 submitting.

Those holdings from either himself or his spouse included between $1.1 million and $3.5 million in main companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle.

Between $126,000 and $430,000 was invested in chipmaker NVIDIA and other corporations producing semiconductors such as Qualcomm and Broadcom, the filings present.

Democratic candidate for US Senate Adam Hamilton speaks during a meet-and-greet occasion at Link Innovation Labs in Downtown Topeka, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

He also purchased between $12,000 and $180,000 in shares for other information middle infrastructure corporations.

His most profitable holdings are his shares in Apple inventory totaling more than $7 million.

Separately, Hamilton’s spouse reported earnings of between $5,001 and $15,000 from curiosity in overseas bonds in the Bank of China, a state-owned entity, and between $15,001 and $50,000 in curiosity from bonds in the Bank Baroda, which is managed by the authorities of India.

Carol Marple holds a map exhibiting Shawnee County officers’ proximity to a proposed information middle during a Protect Kansas group informational assembly at the Topeka and Shawnee County Library on Aug. 4, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

It’s unclear what prompted the bond purchases — but they have been offered off since.

The millionaire pastor has urged localities to make the closing resolution on “the data center debate,” while lambasting billionaires and calling for more laws on AI.

“If a town decides a project is worth it to land the jobs or increase their tax base, that’s their decision. But if they don’t want one, that should be their decision, too,” Hamilton has said. “If you’re a data center, you should pay your own way.”

Adam Hamilton, Democratic Senate candidate for Kansas, seems in Lenexa, Kansas, Oct. 4, 2026. Bloomberg via Getty Images

It’s one of the few points on which he and his Republican opponent principally align.

Marshall advised Semafor in July that his constituents were “on fire against” information facilities, but has at instances downplayed the financial impression of the shift in know-how.

“Several dozen counties have placed moratoriums on them. Certainly it is a state issue. It’s a county issue, really a zoning issue. I certainly support their moratoriums,” Marshall said.

Sen. Roger Marshall solutions questions after visiting the Topeka Fire Department Headquarters, Oct. 8, 2026, in Topeka, Kan. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

“I think they need to figure out the water issue and the electricity issue. I don’t know why we would give them any tax breaks because they really don’t bring a lot of jobs after they’re built.”

Asked about potential job loss due to AI, Marshall has also said he’s “not fearful of it.”

His marketing campaign has taken 1000’s of {dollars} over the years from information middle builders such as Microsoft and Oracle.

Marshall’s private monetary disclosures also present up to $30,000 in mutual fund holdings that have been invested in semiconductor and comparable know-how.

Reps for the Hamilton marketing campaign didn’t reply to requests for remark.