Republican · Governor candidate
Sources for Vicki Schmidt
26 public sources used in researching this candidate. Every claim in the profile traces back to one or more of these URLs.
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Primary Records
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov · 2026-05-19
Statewide 2026 Election Cycle Candidate Reportskansas.gov
- Schmidt, Vicki is listed under gubernatorial candidates with an Appointment of Treasurer link
- Kansas Ethics filing index: SWLinks2026EC
- Filing URL: kansas.gov/ethics/CFAScanned/StWide/2026ElecCycle/SWLinks2026EC.htm
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission · 2026-05-19
Appointment of Treasurer or Candidate Committee Form - Vicki L Schmidtkansas.gov
- Office sought is Governor
- Treasurer is Brad Koehn
- Statement executed July 9, 2025
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission · 2026-05-19
Campaign Finance Receipts and Expenditures Report - Vicki L Schmidtkansas.gov
- Office sought is Governor
- 2025 contributions and other receipts were $980,372.71
- 2025 expenditures were $52,211.35
- Vicki Schmidt is the 27th Kansas Insurance Commissioner
- She was first elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022
- She served 14 years in the Kansas Senate
- Campaign frames Schmidt as pharmacist, mother, grandmother, former state senator, and insurance commissioner
- Campaign cites Medicaid rebate recoveries, insurance recoveries, cost reductions, autism coverage, and cancer-care access
- Campaign links Facebook and X
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Vicki Schmidt campaign · 2026-05-19
Vicki Schmidt Selects Kansas Farm Bureau President Joe Newland as Her Lieutenant Governorvickiforgovernor.com
- Campaign announced Joe Newland as lieutenant-governor selection on May 18, 2026
- Campaign says Schmidt and Newland will officially file together on June 1
- Campaign frames Newland as Kansas Farm Bureau president and rural/agriculture leader
- Joe Newland is described as a farmer, rancher, Kansas Farm Bureau president, and former state representative
- Page references water, energy, property taxes, and rural services
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Kansas Insurance Department · 2026-05-19
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt advocates for pharmacy benefit manager reforminsurance.kansas.gov
- Department says Schmidt testified in support of SB 360
- Release describes SB 360 as PBM reform
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Vicki Schmidt campaign repost of Kansas Reflector · 2026-05-19
Kansas Republican Vicki Schmidt anchors 2026 campaign for governor on record of servicevickiforgovernor.com
- Campaign repost includes Schmidt statement that her 2012 tax vote is a vote she regrets
- Campaign repost includes Schmidt comments on abortion and reasonable exceptions
- Campaign-site July 21, 2025 repost of Kansas Reflector article on taxes and abortion. The page includes Schmidt's quote on the 2012 Brownback tax vote: "It is a vote I regret." ([source](https://vickiforgovernor.com/202...
- Kansas.gov's social-media directory lists Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt with official Facebook and Twitter/X links. The Department's website footer also links official Instagram, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn account...
- Kansas.gov social directory, captured 2026-05-11: official Insurance Commissioner Facebook and X links. (source)
Reporting and Public Context
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KVOE · 2026-05-19
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt details run for Governor during KVOE News interviewkvoe.com
- Interview coverage says Schmidt identified property taxes as a top issue
- Interview coverage reports business development, housing, and Medicaid-expansion review comments
- Schmidt's most substantive campaign interview found in the harvest was the July 21, 2025 Kansas Reflector piece. On the 2012 Brownback-era tax cuts, she said, "It is a vote I regret." On abortion, she said the U.S. Supr...
- Schmidt anchors 2026 campaign on record of service (July 21, 2025)
- Kansas Reflector July 21, 2025 candidate interview/article. Accessible quotes include her abortion position, the need for governors to tell the truth, and her plan to run on her record. ([source](https://kansasreflector...
- KU News: Vicki Schmidt earns pharmacy school's top honor (April 2019)
- hard work, honesty and faith - Vicki Schmidt campaign bio, 2026-04-01, https://vickischmidt.org/meet-vicki/ - topic: personal values.
- Campaign bio: Meet Vicki
- more than $391 million in recouped dollars for the state - campaign bio, 2026-04-01, vickischmidt.org - topic: office results.
- Cancer and mammography are recurring personal and policy-adjacent themes. Kansas Reflector reported Schmidt's June 2023 social-media statement announcing her breast-cancer diagnosis. She asked Kansans to schedule yearly...
- Kansas Reflector: Kansas insurance commissioner has breast cancer, expects full recovery (June 2023)
- Kansas Reflector June 14, 2023 report on Schmidt's social-media statement announcing breast cancer diagnosis. It quotes her asking Kansans to schedule yearly mammograms and saying she is "not a very good patient." ([sou...
- Kansas Reflector: Vicki Schmidt initiates campaign for governor
- Schmidt initiates Republican campaign for governor (July 9, 2025)
- KFL PAC Statement on Schmidt (Oct 27, 2025)
- At The Core: Spotlight on Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt (Nov 14, 2024)
- https://www.kctv5.com/2025/07/09/another-woman-throws-her-hat-into-kansas-gubernatorial-race-vicki-schmidt/
- Vicki Schmidt - Vote Smart
- Vicki Schmidt - Wikipedia
- Vicki Schmidt - Ballotpedia
- Mittelpolitan: Schmidt, Schodorf, and the Fate of the Moderate Republican Kansas Woman
- Campaign-site July 21, 2025 repost of Kansas Reflector interview summary: Schmidt says she is seeking the GOP nomination to "fully represent the interests of Kansans." ([source](https://vickiforgovernor.com/2025/07/21/v...
Public Online Activity
2 sources- The Department LinkedIn page gives the clearest view of ongoing social-content priorities. Visible posts centered hiring, real-life scam education, PBM reform, National Agriculture Day, NAIC participation, financial edu...
- The office LinkedIn page was the richest accessible social feed. It listed 623 followers and a government-administration profile for the Kansas Department of Insurance. Visible updates emphasized hiring, fraud and scam...
- Office LinkedIn page, captured 2026-05-11: 623 followers and visible updates. The highest visible post-level engagement in the accessible module was 45 likes and 1 comment on a post about Schmidt attending the 2026 NAIC...
- LinkedIn: vicki-schmidt-50b11810
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