Kansas 2nd District

Derek Schmidt (R) holds this seat and is running again. 3 candidates were on the ballot on November 3, 2026.

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  Derek Schmidt

  Republican · holds this seat today

  A-

  Liberty Score A-

  On the liberty side in 43 of 46 votes and bills.

  Raised $1,772,989 since January 2025: 60% from people, 36% from PACs and other committees, 4% transfers and other income. The filing at FEC.gov

  Every vote behind this grade
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  Don Coover

  Democrat · veterinarian, rancher, retired Army pilot

  No grade

  No grade yet

  I have no votes in Congress to count for Coover, and what Coover has said and done settles only 1 of my principles. I went through it on October 21. A grade needs 4.

  Raised $1,363,193 since January 2025: 95% from people, 5% from PACs and other committees, 1% the candidate’s own money. The filing at FEC.gov

  See each one, with its source

Voting in Kansas: how to register, vote early or vote by mail. Election Day was November 3.

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A solid letter is a grade from recorded votes on that principle. An outlined letter is on the same scale, for a candidate with no votes: it comes from what that candidate has said and done, and every source is listed below.

Don Coover, on the record

I have no votes in Congress to count for Coover, so the grade above comes from this list: what Coover has said and done on my principles. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes.

• July 17, 2026 · InterviewFree markets

  Told KCUR the tax burden has been shifted off the people with the most ability to pay.

  “We have shifted the tax burden," Coover told KCUR. "Not on those people that have the most ability to pay”

  By the test I use for votes

  FAgainst liberty

  Saying the burden should fall more on those most able to pay points to higher taxes on the wealthy, which is the against side.

  Source: KCUR, Kansas 2nd District election: A guide to the candidatesDiscuss this
• September 8, 2026 · SpeechBorders

  Said an armed, masked ICE agent entering a business in Scott City, Kansas was unacceptable.

  “The idea that you would have an ICE agent in Scott City, Kansas, walk into a place of business with a mask on their face carrying a loaded shotgun is totally unacceptable to me on any scale, by any standard”

  By the test I use for votes

  ?Not clear either way

  He objects to how one raid was carried out and says nothing for or against deportation or ICE itself, so the words do not settle the measure.

  Source: Citizen Journal, Can Don Coover win? Inside the underdog Democratic candidate running in KS-02Discuss this

Also on the ballot

John Hauer (Libertarian).

Who is on the ballot: the state election offices, as listed on Wikipedia on November 3, 2026, checked against the candidate file of the Federal Election Commission. See a name that is wrong or missing? Say so in the discussion.