Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Derek Schmidt
- 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 6, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Kansas, District 2
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H4KS02164 · Principal campaign committee: DEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Kansas District 2 | $1,711,437.18 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Kansas District 2 | $1,266,628.17 | Won the general election (57.1%) |
Total raised$1,266,628.17
Total spent$1,228,127.03
Cash on hand$38,501.14
Debts owed by the campaign$17,484.47
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$817,106.5765%
- PACs and other committees$415,800.0033%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$8,564.571%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$24,571.112%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$585.920%
Self-funding: $8,564.57 (1% of money raised): $8,564.57 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Military Personnel
- Readiness
- Tactical Air and Land Forces
- House Committee on Small Business
- Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
- Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- Oversight
- The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
118 committees reported giving $400,300.00 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.
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$10,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC. PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEPAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KANSAS FARM BUREAU VOTERS ORG/ELECT FARM BUREAU FRIENDS FUND (KS FARM BUR VOTE FBF FUND)PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY FEDERAL PACPAC$5,000.00
Show all 118 committees
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HERZOG PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- FREE STATE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ONE GAS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- EVERGY EMPLOYEE POWERPAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- GREAT PLAINS PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ARVEST BANK GROUP INC PAC INC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CORECIVIC, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CORECIVIC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- HUSCH BLACKWELL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LYNN PACPAC$2,500.00
- POET PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL SORGHUM PRODUCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC'S PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- LOCKTON INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- PFIZER INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- TRINITY INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SF) INC. Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- RAZOR PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MOORE FOR WEST VIRGINIA, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- BRANDON GILL FOR TEXASCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SPACE COAST LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- COMMERCE BANCSHARES, INC., PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WHEATPAC)Connected PAC$1,500.00
- BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLACKROCK PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC. THEATRES (AMC THEATRES) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES CO-OP/PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BLACK HILLS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LIVESTOCK MARKETING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LMA-PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BAYER US LLC EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAYERPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WSP USA INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION PAC (NMPF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- HNTB HOLDINGS LTD. PACPAC$1,000.00
- BUNGE NORTH AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- YOPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DAVE JOYCECandidate committee$1,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA FREEDOM FUND PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TROY DOWNING FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC. EMPLOYEE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION INC. (CEMENT PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- GROWTH ENERGY PACPAC$500.00
- GARVERUSA PACPAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Derek Schmidt$354,608.17
- Independent expenditures opposing Derek Schmidt$39,270.71
FEC totals for the 2024 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONSupporting$218,248.00
- CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.Supporting$90,967.00
- KANSAS CONSERVATIVE FUNDOpposing$39,268.00
- CONSERVATIVE OUTSIDER PAC INCSupporting$23,935.00
- KANSAS CONSERVATIVE FUNDSupporting$16,913.00
- KANSANS FOR LIFE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$3,870.00
- HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)Supporting$670.00
The race
Kansas U.S. House, District 2, 2024 · 9 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Schmidt (R) | $1,266,628.17 | $38,501.14 | 2024-12-31 |
| Jake Laturner (R) | $923,943.37 | $213,569.75 | 2024-12-31 |
| Jeff Kahrs (R) | $489,578.41 | $2,104.95 | 2024-12-31 |
| Shawn Tiffany (R) | $478,489.57 | $0.00 | 2024-10-16 |
| Nancy E Boyda (D) | $245,108.35 | $0.00 | 2024-11-12 |
| Nancy E Boyda (D) | $245,108.35 | $0.00 | 2024-11-12 |
| Matthew Ryan Kleinmann (D) | $52,818.77 | $0.00 | 2024-12-31 |
| Elgin Woody IV (D) | $40,623.42 | −$2,167.42 | 2024-06-30 |
| Michael Allen Ogle (R) | $27,791.87 | $9,009.64 | 2024-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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