Democratic
Don Coover
Major-party general-election nominee.
VotePredictor forecast
Derek Schmidt favored
Safe R · predicted margin R+18.5
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
R+19.02026 national environment
D+5.5Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Derek Schmidt
Incumbent representative for KS-2. Voting record, ideology and biography →
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for KS-2. The forecast above therefore uses fundamentals only. A poll table will appear here when matched polls are available.
Other forecasts
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Candidate news
Former red state governor drops out of 2026 race after Trump endorses rival
TOPEKA — Former Gov. Jeff Colyer ended a Republican campaign Monday for the party’s 2026 nomination for governor in wake of President Donald Trump’s endorsement of rival Senate President Ty Masterson.Colyer, who was sworn in as governor in 2018 after the resi…
Raw Story · June 2, 2026
Big Ugly Bill Leaves 10,000 Kansas Kids Hungry
TOPEKA — A Kansas advocacy organization sounded an alarm about a report indicating 10,300 children in low-income families across the state stopped receiving food aid since President Donald Trump signed sweeping federal legislation nearly one year ago. Kansas …
Crooksandliars.com · May 30, 2026
These red-state Republicans must break their silence — our lives depend on it
It’s not every day you wake up and send the following email to the five Republican men representing Kansas in Washington, D.C.:“Good morning! I was wondering if the congressman had any comment on the president’s words yesterday threatening the eradication of …
Raw Story · April 9, 2026
State's entire congressional delegation voluntarily halts their paychecks amid shutdown
Entire Kansas congressional delegation voluntarily halts their paychecks amid shutdownby Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector October 27, 2025TOPEKA — All six members of the Kansas congressional delegation voluntarily put a halt to payment of their federal salarie…
Raw Story · October 28, 2025
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