Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Don Coover
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Kansas District 2
- Filing address
- Pittsburg, KS (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- COOVER, DON
- Next election
- Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Kansas, District 2
FEC candidate ID H6KS02276 · Principal campaign committee: DON COOVER FOR CONGRESS
2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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$1,293,111.3495%
- PACs and other committees$61,500.005%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$7,000.001%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,500.000%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$81.960%
Self-funding: $7,000.00 (1% of money raised): $7,000.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$452,125.3251%
- Contributions over $200$426,477.3049%
- Itemized from inside Kansas$395,398.5583%
- Itemized from other states$82,701.0017%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Missouri $13,761.00 · California $13,258.00 · Florida $7,850.00 · Texas $7,344.00 · Maryland $3,900.00. 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
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
10 committees reported giving $55,500.00 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.
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WAY BACK PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
The race
Kansas U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Coover (D) | $1,363,193.30 | $231,675.80 | 2026-10-14 |
| Derek Schmidt (R) | $1,711,437.18 | $1,090,617.35 | 2026-09-30 |
| Braeden Curwick (D) | $231.00 | $90.00 | 2026-03-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
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: DON COOVER 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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