U.S. House, District 2: who gets your vote?
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Derek Schmidt
U.S. House · Kansas District 2
NationalRepublican
Don Coover
Running for U.S. House · Kansas District 2
NationalDemocrat
Job fit
Derek Schmidt
Don Coover
Offices held
- After graduating, Don entered active duty in the U.S. Army as a military intelligence officer, ultimately serving for more than 10 years. 2
Other work
- Don went on to develop a feed manufacturing business, with his brother, in southeast Kansas. 2
Education
- After serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army, he pursued a career in Veterinary Medicine and graduated from Kansas State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine. 2
Top issues
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How they voted on top issues
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Who pays them
Derek Schmidt
Where the campaign money came from3
Checks
Derek Schmidt
Checks run: missed votes
Nothing raised by these checks.
Not checked yet: stock trades
Don Coover
No voting record to check yet
Based on current data. May change in a future update.
Sources
- Derek Schmidt — house history biography · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
- Don Coover — campaign biography · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
- FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
- FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Derek Schmidt
RepublicanShown above🚩 $1.4M raised, 60% from large donors, 36% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $505,500.00 (36% of $1,413,068.41 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $485,000.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source 2
Sources
1 Background: Derek Schmidt — house history biography · checked 2026-10-15
2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle
Don Coover
DemocratShown above🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $759K raised, 63% from large donors, 4% from organized interests. Group breakdown unavailable. The filed PAC total is known, but its givers have not been identified here.
Filed PAC total: $33,500.00 (4% of $758,791.26 raised), 2026 cycle. Group source 2
Sources
1 Background: Don Coover — campaign biography · checked 2026-10-15
2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle
John Hauer
LibertarianWe don't have campaign money records for this race yet.
Sources
1 Background: John Hauer — fallback biography · checked 2026-10-15