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Derek Schmidt

Derek Schmidt

RRepublicanKS-2 · Representative
56
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 96
Independence4
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone29
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency30
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Derek Schmidt

Derek Schmidt

RepublicanKS-2 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.684)
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Derek Schmidt is a Republican Representative from KS, District 2. He has served 1 year in Congress across 1 term. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 95.8% of the time.

1
Years in Office
1
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

95.8%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
23 votes against party
0.9%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
8
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Derek Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty-0.1% vs avg
95.8%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-2.7% vs avg
0.9%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-5.0 vs avg
8
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on Armed ServicesHouse Committee on Small BusinessHouse Committee on the Judiciary

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$687,803
Cash on Handⓘ
$989,112
Total Receiptsⓘ
$339,810
Disbursementsⓘ
$605,282
Individual Donors
$341,000
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2025–2027House · KS-2 · RepublicanCurrent

District Demographics

KS-2 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

732,031
Population
$64,362
Median Income
37.0
Median Age
27.6%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 75.1%Black 8.1%Hispanic 13.2%Asian 1.9%