Derek Schmidt

Derek Schmidt graduated from Independence High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, a master's degree in international politics from the University of Leicester, a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, and a doctorate in law from the University of Kansas School of Law.[1] His career experience includes working as an assistant to former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum and former Senator Chuck Hagel, an assistant to the Kansas Attorney General, a special counsel to the Governor of Kansas, and as a lawyer with the law firm of Scovel, Emert, Heasty & Chubb. Schmidt served as the director of Independence Industries Incorporated and the Kansas State Historical Society.[2][3][4][5]

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Candidate statement

Schmidt’s campaign website stated the following:

President Biden and the radicals he enables have unleashed a dangerous agenda on our country. Those of us who represent Kansas conservative values need to stand up and fight back. In Congress, I will work to secure our border, fight overreach from a federal government that doesn't understand or respect our way of life, and stop the federal government from making daily life increasingly expensive and difficult.

My steady guidepost will be what is best for the people of the Second District and for America. These past four years have made clear that America was stronger when President Trump served in the White House, and I look forward to working with him and others next year - yes, to truly make America great again.

Kansans know me and my longstanding support for our freedoms that generations of Americans have sacrificed so much to defend, for law and order, for Veterans and those currently serving in our armed forces, for farmers and ranchers, for small businesses, for our great Kansas colleges and universities, for life, and for the Second Amendment. They know I am proud to be a Kansan. Always have been. It would be an honor to be your voice in Congress. I respectfully ask for your vote.[10]

—Derek Schmidt’s campaign website (2024)[11]

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