Democrat · U.S. Senate, Kansas
Sources for Patrick Schmidt
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Primary Records
24 sources- Patrick Schmidt is listed as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas
- FEC candidate ID is S6KS00288
- Type of candidacy is Challenger
- Statement of Candidacy lists Patrick Schmidt for Senate, Kansas, 2026, Democratic Party
- Statement designates Patrick Schmidt for Senate as principal campaign committee
- Statement lists candidate ID S6KS00288
- Committee C00937599 is active, quarterly, Senate, and the principal campaign committee
- Treasurer is John W. Carlin
- Registration date is 2026-02-04
- Kansas Legislature lists Schmidt as a Democrat in Senate District 19, Shawnee County
- Term listed as Senate 2025-present
- Committees include Government Efficiency, Judiciary, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Kansas Security, Information Technology, State Building Construction, and Unemployment Compensation Modernization
- Sponsored bills list includes SB 90, SB 152, SB 153, SB 200, SB 201, SB 215, SB 216, and SB 218
- Sponsored resolutions list includes SCR 1609, SCR 1614, and SR 1706
- SCR 1614 urges Congress to increase penalties for federal immigration-law violations and urges ICE to prosecute employers who hire undocumented immigrants
- SR 1706 condemns pardons and commutations for individuals involved in the January 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol
- Schmidt voted Nay on SB 4 final action, concurrence, and override
- Schmidt voted Nay on SB 29 final action substitute, concurrence, and override
- Schmidt voted Nay on HB 2062 final action amended, CCR adoption, and override
- SB 90 provides a property tax exemption for first $100,000 of appraised value for certain owner-occupied homes
- Original and current sponsor is Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Bill status is Died
- SB 153 establishes the Kansas paid prenatal personal leave act requiring employers to provide 20 hours of paid prenatal personal leave
- Original and current sponsor is Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Bill status is Died
- SB 201 provides for a homestead property tax exemption for certain veterans and former law enforcement officers with service-connected disabilities
- Original and current sponsor is Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Bill status is Died
- SB 216 establishes the Kansas paid sick time act
- Sen. Patrick Schmidt is among original/current sponsors
- Bill status is Died
- SB 218 increases the Kansas minimum wage of employees
- Sen. Patrick Schmidt is among original/current sponsors
- Bill status is Died
- HB 2062 concerns child support orders for unborn children and income tax exemptions for unborn and stillborn children
- HB 2062 became effective 2025-07-01 after veto override
- HB 2062 page lists a floor amendment offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt on 2025-03-11
- Campaign says Schmidt is a former U.S. Navy Intelligence Officer running for U.S. Senate
- Campaign says he is a former Naval Intelligence Officer, husband, and sixth-generation Kansan
- Campaign footer says paid for by Patrick Schmidt for Kansas, Gov. John Carlin, Treasurer
- Campaign says both parents were public school teachers and worked second jobs
- Campaign says Schmidt served as a Naval Intelligence Officer on the USS Ronald Reagan
- Campaign says he recently transitioned to the Naval Reserve and returned to Kansas with wife Megan
- Campaign says every American deserves access to affordable health care
- Campaign says Schmidt would work to expand Medicaid in Kansas and extend care to 150,000 people statewide
- Campaign says he would stand up to the pharmaceutical lobby and lower prescription drug costs
- Campaign says strong unions built the middle class
- Campaign says Schmidt would work to pass the PRO Act
- Campaign says he would protect collective bargaining rights
- In the 2022 U.S. House District 2 general election, Patrick Schmidt received 98,852 votes, 42.36%
- Jake LaTurner received 134,506 votes, 57.64%
- In the 2024 Kansas Senate 19 Democratic primary, Patrick Schmidt received 2,591 votes, 53.01%
- Vic Miller received 1,681 votes, 34.39%
- ShaMecha King Simms received 616 votes, 12.60%
- In the 2024 Kansas Senate 19 general election, Patrick Schmidt received 16,784 votes, 64.55%
- Report index lists Patrick Schmidt in District 19 and links 2024 cycle reports
- Open
Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission · 2026-05-19
Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission agenda - November 20, 2024ethics.kansas.gov
- Agenda lists Civil Fine Hearings: Complaint No. 788 - Patrick Schmidt, Candidate for State Senate
- Primary source: https://ethics.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-20-2024-Draft-Agenda.pdf
- Patrick Schmidt - Kansas Legislature
- Patrick Schmidt Legislature Page
- KS Legislature page: kslegislature.gov
- Kansas Legislature profile: Lists Schmidt as senator for District 19, with spouse Megan Walden, Senate 2025-present, and committee assignments including Government Efficiency, Judiciary, Transportation, Veterans Affairs...
Reporting and Public Context
7 sources- Profile repeats campaign biography about Navy service, teacher parents, family roots, and service in the Kansas Senate
- Profile links campaign website, fundraising page, Facebook page, and Instagram
- Kansas Senate Democrats page: kssenatedems.org/patrick-schmidt
- WIBW reports Schmidt confirmed he filed as a U.S. Senate candidate
- WIBW reports he was elected to the Kansas Senate in November 2024
- WIBW reports he challenged Jake LaTurner for U.S. House in 2022
- Patrick Schmidt - Ballotpedia
- Ballotpedia: Patrick Schmidt
- Patrick Schmidt - Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia: Patrick Schmidt)
- LegiScan: Schmidt sponsored bills
- On national and foreign-policy questions, Schmidt's public record centers on military service, January 6, the Middle East, tariffs, and institutional accountability. His 2021 launch release said, "During my service on t...
- BallotReady verified pages: Lists website, Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Kansas State Senate website as verified webpages. URL: BallotReady profile
Public Online Activity
5 sources- Instagram: @patrickforks — 93 followers / 5 following / 4 posts; bio text: "Kansan, Navy Veteran, and candidate for KS-02. Running to invest in Kansas families and rebuild our economy."
- Handle: @patrickforks
- Schmidt's platform footprint is concentrated on an official campaign website, Facebook, X, Instagram, and a YouTube channel. The Facebook page lists him as "Kansan, Navy Veteran, Kansas State Senator, and Candidate for...
- Post-level audience response could not be ranked from the public logged-out capture. X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube did not expose exact reactions, reposts, replies, comments, shares, views, or likes for individual...
- Facebook: Senator Patrick Schmidt / patrickforkansas — 2,158 likes and 2,173 talking about this in logged-out metadata captured 2026-05-11; post-level feed was not exposed in the logged-out HTML.
- Facebook (Official): musilcomish
- No reposts or tags were reliably exposed in logged-out capture. The campaign website links to @PatrickforKS, and the indexed profile snippet lists the account as "Kansan, Navy Veteran, and Kansas 19th State Senate Distri
- YouTube: Patrick Schmidt for U.S. Senate — channel located through campaign-site embedded video; subscriber count and video count not visible in logged-out capture.
- Channel: Patrick Schmidt for U.S. Senate
