DEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESS

RepublicanFEC reportedHouse campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00877373

Overview

Raised: $1.8Mvs $1.3M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.4Mvs $1.2M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $457.6Kvs $38.5K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $2,255vs $17.5K 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Oct 14, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Compliance review indicators

7 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

7 receipt eligibility · 0 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $3,500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Aug 13, 2025
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $3,500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Jun 9, 2026
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $3,500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Jun 9, 2026
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $2,500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: May 29, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
SCHMIDT, DEREKRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Kansas · District 2
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4KS02164 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1M
Unitemized individual contributions$72.3K
Other committees$642.8K
Other receipts$13.2K

Top contributors

DEREK SCHMIDT VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$52.2K18 contributions
ANTHONY, JEFFRepublicanDerived from contributions$17.8K4 contributions
CROSSLAND, IVAN100% RepublicanDerived from contributions$14K

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.2M
Contribution refunds$10.1K
Other disbursements$176.3K

Largest disbursements

WINGERT SIGN COMPANY LLC$38.4KBILLBOARD ADVERTISING · Jul 6, 2026
RED BEACON STRATEGIES, LLC$22.9KDIRECT MAIL FUNDRAISING · Aug 12, 2025
ETHOS ADVISORS LLC$22.6KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jul 12, 2026
ETHOS ADVISORS LLC$21.3KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING, MILEAGE, FOOD & BEVERAGE · Oct 11, 2025
ETHOS ADVISORS LLC$18KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jan 17, 2026
DUBLIN GROUP$17.3KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING; FOOD & BEVERAGE · Jul 11, 2026
ETHOS ADVISORS LLC$15.5KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING, FOOD & BEVERAGE EXPENSES, MILEAGE · Apr 5, 2025
RED BEACON STRATEGIES, LLC$13.8KDIRECT MAIL FUNDRAISING · Jul 11, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: House campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Republican
Treasurer: BLAES, CLINT
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: DEREK SCHMIDT VICTORY FUND
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 4010 · TOPEKA, KS, 66604

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

DEREK SCHMIDT VICTORY FUNDC00885939 Joint fundraising participantDEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESSC00877373
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1812498Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
STRATEGIC DEFENSE FUNDC00956862 Joint fundraising participantDEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESSC00877373
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1999038Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
DEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESSC00877373 Authorized candidateSCHMIDT, DEREKH4KS02164
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
DEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESSC00877373 Connected organizationDEREK SCHMIDT VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationRepublican affiliation reportedRepublicanFEC reported

FEC registration: House campaign committee; Republican affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

Reported counterparty	Date	Reported value	Asset / units	Reported purpose	Source
HARSHMAN, SUSIE	Jun 16, 2026	$1,500	Other in-kind	IN-KIND:VENUE RENTAL; FOOD & BEVERAGEDerived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 6fdee960c74c0c7fa0ddcb6b35542aa3f774a403313853d7cdfc150cf98a843f Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
BERGER, RICHARD N.	Jun 19, 2025	$932	Other in-kind	IN-KIND:FOOD & BEVERAGE AND PROMOTIONAL ITEMSDerived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 99a85b13137f9eb3c0461319e8bfd814764e7ac3290950c35b8b048fc125f5ae Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
BERGER, RICHARD N.	Apr 28, 2026	$915	Other in-kind	IN-KIND:FOOD & BEVERAGE; COASTERSDerived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row dd8c7564e412c8b708276401d3a6af9c08800d3020a32827664d709d48e77ee2 Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
ENAYATI, AHMAD	Mar 18, 2025

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$1,500	$0
Feb 25	$6,423	$0
Mar 25	$101,301	$0
Apr 25	$12,882	$0
May 25	$6,206	$0
Jun 25	$55,736	$0
Jul 25	$30,617	$0
Aug 25	$94,976	$0
Sep 25	$42,034	$0
Oct 25	$73,021	$0
Nov 25	$15,780	$0
Dec 25	$52,792	$0
Jan 26	$3,330	$3,500
Feb 26	$27,050	$0
Mar 26	$48,657	$0
Apr 26	$30,834	$0
May 26	$66,292	$0
Jun 26	$152,103	$0
Jul 26	$19,072	$0

DEREK SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESS

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Top employers

Top industries

Top states

Cash, assets & liabilities

Over time

Money network