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Candidates › KS-02 race › 2025–2026
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, KS-02
Representative since 2025
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96% of their votes went with their party’s majority; they broke with it 30 times in the 119th Congress.
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The CRS policy areas of Schmidt’s 16 substantive sponsored measures, Congresses 117, 118, 119; the figure is how many fall in each. Sponsorship indicates legislative focus, not every policy position. GovInfo source ↗
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00877373
76¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 9 reports ($1.4M of $1.8M). Cash on hand went from $170.6K on Mar 31, 2025 to $457.6K on Oct 14, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2025 through Mar 31, 2025 | $177,737 | $45,633 | $170,605 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025 | $151,894 | $56,379 | $266,120 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $271,454 | $85,637 | $451,938 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $221,701 | $75,699 | $597,940 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $166,325 | $76,462 | $687,803 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $415,406 | $87,417 | $1,015,793 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jul 15, 2026 | $53,087 | $129,711 | $939,168 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $253,832 | $102,383 | $1,090,617 |
| PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026 | $61,552 | $694,583 | $457,586 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
11 endorsers listed on Derek Schmidt’s own campaign site: 1 official, 10 organizations.
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Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
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A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 674 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $803.7K.
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 306 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $581.5K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The largest of the sources is listed. In all, 15 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $43.2K.
Total reported receipts $1,772,989
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
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87% of the money placed by state came from inside Kansas: $698.3K of $803.7K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 579 contributions · 87% | $698,287 |
| 21 contributions · 2.4% | $19,237 |
| 28 contributions · 2.3% | $18,823 |
| 7 contributions · 2.1% | $16,625 |
| 5 contributions · 1.2% | $10,000 |
| 4 contributions · 0.9% | $7,500 |
| 2 contributions · 0.9% | $7,000 |
| 12 contributions · 0.9% | $7,000 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 13 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 220 contributions · 19% of ranked | $146,093 |
| Written instead of an employer · 69 contributions · 18% of ranked | $134,587 |
| 5 contributions · 3.8% of ranked | $29,000 |
| 1 contribution · 1.8% of ranked | $14,000 |
| 1 contribution · 1.8% of ranked | $14,000 |
| 1 contribution · 1.8% of ranked | $14,000 |
| 2 contributions · 1.4% of ranked | $10,615 |
| 2 contributions · 1.4% of ranked | $10,500 |
A further $20,083 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($72,315) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
No outside spending filed
The campaign also refunded $10,126 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Total itemized disbursements $1,240,694
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 625 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
23 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $27,139 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 3 payments · 36% of all spending | $480,781 |
| 2 payments · 13% of all spending | $175,306 |
| 23 payments · 11% of all spending | $153,899 |
| 16 payments · 5.3% of all spending | $71,521 |
| 8 payments · 5% of all spending | $67,419 |
| 11 payments · 3.5% of all spending | $47,500 |
| 1 payment · 2.8% of all spending | $38,400 |
| 17 payments · 2.2% of all spending | $30,395 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 217 contributions · 17% of ranked | $137,538 |
| 27 contributions · 10% of ranked | $82,827 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 9 contributions · 5.2% of ranked | $41,650 |
| 31 contributions · 4.6% of ranked | $36,549 |
| 36 contributions · 3.9% of ranked | $31,264 |
| 4 contributions · 3.3% of ranked | $26,500 |
| 14 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $25,500 |
| 11 contributions · 3% of ranked | $23,500 |
A further $8,383 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($72,315) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.