Democratic
Don Coover
Major-party general-election nominee.
VotePredictor forecast
Derek Schmidt favored
Safe R · predicted margin R+15.8
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
R+19.02026 national environment
D+6.3Model 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 →
Other listed candidates
- John Hauer · Libertarian
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for KS-2. The forecast above uses fundamentals only.
Other forecasts
We have not yet ingested a district rating from these independent forecasters for KS-2; links go to their current national House ratings. Missing is shown as missing—not converted into a probability.
Past results
Every election in Kansas's 2nd district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
YearWinnerMargin
Candidate news
The Return of the Farmer Politician
Many of the new Democratic candidates making a splash this cycle are the progressives who ran to the left of the party establishment in the primaries and defeated their more centrist counterparts. But there’s another intriguing trend that’s been obscured in a…
The New Republic · Today
Republican refuses to force Epstein vote — then admits he'd 'probably vote for it'
TOPEKA — Kansas congressional candidate Don Coover expressed frustration with U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt’s refusal to help trigger a House vote on a bill pressuring the administration of President Donald Trump to release more documents in the Jeffrey Epstein cas…
Raw Story · Yesterday
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
Candidate field source: 2026 House election roster ↗