Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Derek Schmidt

Official portrait of Derek Schmidt
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Kansas’s 2nd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Independence, KS
Born
1968
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SCHMIDT, DEREK
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Kansas with the current district highlighted

Kansas, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Kansas District 2IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4KS02164 · Principal campaign committee: DEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Kansas District 2$1,711,437.18General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Kansas District 2$1,266,628.17Won the general election (57.1%)
Total raised$1,711,437.18
Total spent$659,320.97
Cash on hand$1,090,617.35
Debts owed by the campaign$1,055.38
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,034,938.50PACs and other committees: $609,750.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $52,161.44Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $14,587.24
  • Individual contributions$1,034,938.5060%
  • PACs and other committees$609,750.0036%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$52,161.443%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$14,587.241%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$79,660.318%
  • Contributions over $200$902,322.5592%
  • Itemized from inside Kansas$778,964.6985%
  • Itemized from other states$133,622.3815%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Missouri $27,737.79 · Virginia $20,324.08 · District of Columbia $7,215.00 · Maryland $6,520.51. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $177,737.26APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $45,633.45JULY QUARTERLY: raised $151,894.39JULY QUARTERLY: spent $56,378.92OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $271,454.48OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $85,637.39YEAR-END: raised $221,701.30YEAR-END: spent $75,698.79APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $166,324.68APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $76,461.52JULY QUARTERLY: raised $415,406.30JULY QUARTERLY: spent $87,416.73PRE-PRIMARY: raised $53,086.58PRE-PRIMARY: spent $129,711.31OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $253,832.19OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $102,382.862025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea526
Voted nay143
Did not vote5 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored18
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored339

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10793 To modify the authority of Department of Defense for installation support services and intergovernmental support agreements, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Latest action Oct 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 9794 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish the Senator Robert J. Dole Greatest Generation Education Program.
    Introduced Jul 20, 2026 · Latest action Jul 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 9298 Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9108 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the eligibility for the rural emergency hospital designation under the Medicare program.
    Introduced Jun 2, 2026 · Latest action Jun 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 8352 Criminal History Access Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 16, 2026 · Latest action Oct 14, 2026: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • H.R. 8276 Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark Act
    Introduced Apr 14, 2026 · Latest action Sep 10, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  • H.R. 8065 Restoring Executive Branch Authorities to Oversee Offices of the United States Attorneys Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 24, 2026 · Latest action Mar 26, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 11.
  • H.R. 7752 Kelsey Smith Act
    Introduced Mar 2, 2026 · Latest action Mar 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 7664 State Partnerships to Enhance Removal of Criminal Aliens Act
    Introduced Feb 24, 2026 · Latest action Feb 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 6595 To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the availability of care for veterans at facilities of the Department of Defense.
    Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Latest action Dec 18, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

172 committees reported giving $534,994.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Kansas U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Derek Schmidt (R)$1,711,437.18$1,090,617.352026-09-30
Don Coover (D)$1,363,193.30$231,675.802026-10-14
Braeden Curwick (D)$231.00$90.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely ROctober 16, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMay 29, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely ROctober 20, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: DEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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