- See Derek Schmidt's sponsored bills →Derek SchmidtRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$1.7M raised
- Don CooverDemocratic✓ Verified$1.2M raised
Where they stand
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| Issue | Derek SchmidtRepublican | Don CooverDemocratic |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Schmidt supports economic relief measures to curb federal spending, lower inflation, and extend tax relief for Kansas families, small businesses, and farmers. Schmidt votes yea on multiple bills supporting technology use, capital access, privacy protections, and reauthorization of insurance programs. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Healthcare | Schmidt cosponsors bipartisan legislation to ease healthcare workforce shortages by streamlining licensing for providers across state lines. Schmidt votes yea on acts reauthorizing rural care, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and supporting patients and communities. | Coover says the health care system should serve patients rather than insurance companies and is concerned about rural hospital access. |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Don Coover says the health care system should serve patients rather than insurance companies and is concerned about rural hospital access 1. Derek Schmidt cosponsors bipartisan legislation to ease healthcare workforce shortages by streamlining licensing for providers across state lines 2. Schmidt votes yea on acts reauthorizing rural care, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and supporting patients and communities 3. | ||
| Immigration | Schmidt cosponsors and passes laws to secure the southern border and ensure community safety from the Biden-era border crisis. Schmidt votes yea on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills, and nay on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Public Safety & Crime | Schmidt leads legislation supporting victims of violent crime, coordinates federal response to scams targeting seniors, and backs deportation of fraudsters who are not U.S. citizens. Schmidt votes yea on bills enhancing prison staff safety, protecting privacy, veterans’ rights, cashless bail reporting, and violent offender restrictions. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Abortion | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Schmidt fights to curb runaway federal spending and extend tax relief through the Working Families Tax Cut. Schmidt votes yea on tax relief, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and national security appropriations acts. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Energy & Environment | Schmidt supports protecting American energy independence and opposes presidential moratoriums on hydraulic fracturing without Congressional approval. Schmidt votes yea on disapproving EPA rule, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act, but nay on diesel emissions reduction. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Schmidt advocates for military installations in Kansas and ensures service members and their families have necessary resources to keep America safe. Schmidt votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon and Ukraine support, but yea on defense authorization and veterans clinic naming. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |