Official portrait of Derek Schmidt
U.S. House

Derek Schmidt

U.S. Representative for Kansas’s 2nd District

Party
Republican
In office since
January 3, 2025
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for the House in KS-2

Candidates registered with the FEC for KS-2 in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Derek SchmidtIncumbentRepublican$1.5M$939K
Don CooverDemocrat$759K$244K
Braeden CurwickDemocrat$231$90

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through July 15, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments3
  • House Committee on Armed Services
    • Military Personnel
    • Readiness
    • Tactical Air and Land Forces
  • House Committee on Small Business
    • Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
    • Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
    • Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
    • The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
    • Oversight
Contact
Washington office
1223 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1602

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

More on Schmidt: Congress.gov · FEC filings · Ballotpedia · Wikipedia · GovTrack