Representative · Kansas's 2nd district
Derek Schmidt
Derek Schmidt is a Republican representative for Kansas's 2nd district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 5, and cast 461 of 467 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2025
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressHouse of Representatives | 675 | 0.7%5 of 675 · rank 338 of 439 | 99%461 of 467 · rank 173 of 439 | 170 became law | 11%37 of 338 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1+0.69+1 Conservative
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
- Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
- Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
- Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
- Jan 8, 2026· House· Passage· Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding· Failed 248–177· Against party
- Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 261–167· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
17 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced1588%
- Passed one chamber15.9%
- Passed both chambers15.9%
Policy areas
- Law4
- Armed Forces and National Security3
- Health3
- Crime and Law Enforcement2
- Congress1
- Government Operations and Politics1
- Immigration1
- Public Lands and Natural Resources1
Latest activity
- H.R. 8352 Criminal History Access Act of 2026Passed both chambers· Law· Sep 30, 2026
- H.R. 4465 To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors.Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 14, 2026
- H.R. 8276 Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark ActIntroduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 10, 2026
- H.R. 9794 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish the Senator Robert J. Dole Greatest Generation Education Program.Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 20, 2026
- H.R. 9298 Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts ActIntroduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jun 11, 2026
- H.R. 9108 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the eligibility for the rural emergency hospital designation under the Medicare program.Introduced· Health· Jun 2, 2026
- H.R. 8065 Restoring Executive Branch Authorities to Oversee Offices of the United States Attorneys Act of 2026Introduced· Law· Mar 26, 2026
- H.R. 7752 Kelsey Smith ActIntroduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Mar 2, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to Kansas's 2nd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $879.2M
- Per resident
- $1,178
- Rank in Kansas
- 2 of 4
- Contract actions
- 18.7K
- New awards: 16.3K
By fiscal year
- 508.7MFY2017
- 578.9MFY2018
- 720.2MFY2019
- 910.1MFY2020
- 788.3MFY2021
- 1BFY2022
- 882.6MFY2023
- 1.1BFY2024
- 884MFY2025
- 879.2MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Veterans Affairs$467M53%
- Department of the Army$215.3M24%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$49.8M5.7%Department of Defense
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$43.5M4.9%Department of Homeland Security
- Environmental Protection Agency$40.8M4.6%
- Federal Acquisition Service$11.3M1.3%General Services Administration
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
Top recipients
- ORACLE HEALTH GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$276.7M31%25 awards
- FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION$73.9M8.4%4 awards
- SERCO INC$54.3M6.2%9 awards
- 1 award
- CORECIVIC, INC.$37.7M4.3%3 awards
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$23.4M2.7%1 award
- NEMEAN TRIDEUM JOINT VENTURE LLC$19.8M2.2%1 award
- FORT RILEY UTILITY SERVICES INC$14.5M1.6%1 award
- FACILITY SERVICES MANAGEMENT, INC.$13.5M1.5%2 awards
- TORCH RESEARCH, LLC$12M1.4%1 award
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $1.5M
- through Jul 15, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $939.2K
- From committees
- $537.5K
- 170 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $106K
- 34 PACs · 20% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee | $10K | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| dairy farmers of america, inc.dairy farmers of america, inc. political action committee; aka dfa-pac | $8,000 | DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $3.3M |
| northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac | $7,500 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $1.1B |
| the boeing companythe boeing company pac | $7,000 | THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization | $9B |
| serco inc.serco inc. political action committee (serco pac) | $5,000 | SERCO INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $1B |
| space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac | $5,000 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization | $6.6M |
| charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee | $5,000 | CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $130.5K |
| garmin internationalgarmin international inc political action committee | $5,000 | GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $291.1K |
| american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac | $3,500 | AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.2M |
| general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac) | $3,000 | GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $29.3K |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.5M | $537.5K | $106K34 PACs · 20% of committee money |
| 2024 | $1.3M | $392.6K | $43.5K15 PACs · 11% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · Kansas's 2nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- schmidt.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-6601
- Office
- 1223 Longworth House Office Building
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.