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U.S. Representative · Kansas 2nd District
Derek Schmidt
RepublicanDistrict R+10119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score46#187 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Derek Schmidt’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1223 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1602
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumBacks 2 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1266, H.R. 8882.
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.694 (party median +0.530; rank 188 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 85 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMajority · 28th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Military Personnel
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
- House Committee on Small BusinessMajority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
- Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Schmidt← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.694 is 0.16 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress85House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 10724To amend title 11, United States Code, to clarify the rules for the exceptions to the discharge of the debt of an individual debtor, and for other purposes.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 53
| Middle |
| H.R. 4986Parents Opt-in Protection ActSummary on Congress.gov |