R-KS·U.S. House·District 2

Derek Schmidt

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$3.4M

raised· #173 in party

votes recorded

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trade disclosures

votes with party· loyal

TRAIL AI

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Schmidt's fundraising profile relies substantially on PACs and committees, which account for 59 percent of his $3.4 million in direct contributions, with political and party-aligned money comprising an additional $708,000 of total receipts. Industry-tied contributions show a diversified donor base concentrated in agriculture, commercial banking, construction and engineering, health services, and defense and aerospace sectors. Among individual donors with employment data available, commercial banking, legal services, and real estate represent the largest occupational categories.

Based on FEC donor data and voting records. Statistical patterns only — does not imply causation.

FUNDING PROFILE

Where the money comes from · what it's tied to

WHO GAVE IT

$3.4M raised

PACs & committees$2.0M· 59%

Individuals$1.4M· 41%

+ $449Kvia pass-through platforms (ActBlue/WinRed/party) — not counted in “raised”

WHAT IT'S TIED TO

Industry-tied$1.3M· 39%

Party & political$708K· 21%

Untraced (small donors)$1.3M· 40%

Two views of the same $3.4M — who gave it vs whatit's tied to. (Most industry money comes from PACs, so the two don't add together.)

Top sectors: Agriculture, Commercial Banks, Construction & Engineering

Full breakdown →

DATA SOURCES

Financial: FEC · 2022–2026 cycles

Profile: Congress.gov

Votes: House Clerk / Senate · 2021–present

Lobbying: Senate LDA · 2017–present

Trades: STOCK Act disclosures · live ingestion rebuilding

117th–119th Congress. Statistical patterns only.

FUNDING PROFILE

Source breakdown · industry signal · political money — shown separately

WHO GAVE IT

$3.4M raised

PACs & committees$2.0M· 59%

Individuals$1.4M· 41%

+ $449Kvia pass-through platforms (ActBlue/WinRed/party) — not counted in “raised”

WHAT IT'S TIED TO

Industry-tied$1.3M· 39%

Party & political$708K· 21%

Untraced (small donors)$1.3M· 40%

Two views of the same $3.4M — who gave it vs whatit's tied to. (Most industry money comes from PACs, so the two don't add together.)

INDUSTRY SIGNAL

The $1.3M industry-tied portion, by sector

$1.3M

industry-tied

Other sectors38.8%

Agriculture14.8%

Commercial Banks11.0%

Construction & Engineering9.1%

Health Services7.2%

Defense & Aerospace7.1%

Lawyers & Lobbyists6.3%

Food & Beverage5.7%

PARTY & POLITICAL

The $708Kparty/leadership & single-cause portion — not an industry signal

Single-Issue Advocacy$441K

Party & Leadership$267K

How to read this: “Raised” is direct contributions ($3.4M). We trace it to an industry or political category via PAC names and donor employers; small online donors without an employer can't be traced. Industry and political money are shown separately so the economic-interest signal isn't drowned out by party and advocacy money.

TOP SOURCES

Employers (individuals) & PACs · excludes aggregators

Individual Donors (no employer)

individuals

$482,592

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION

PAC

$218,248

DEREK SCHMIDT VICTORY FUND

PAC

$60,428

KANSAS CONSERVATIVE FUND

PAC

$56,181

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC

PAC

$47,875

AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)

PAC

$31,000

MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC

PAC

$30,000

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)

PAC

$30,000

WATCO COMPANIES

employees

$28,200

REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC

PAC

$28,000

CONSERVATIVE OUTSIDER PAC INC

PAC

$23,935

GROWTH ENERGY PAC

PAC

$21,000

RECENT ACTIVITY

Most recent recorded contributions · PAC and itemized individual donors

PROCHNOW, JOSEPH (FOCUS WORKFORCES)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$4,000

SEABOARD CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$5,000

MILLER, BART (MISSION FINANCIAL)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,033

INTRUST BANK NA

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$792

PROCHNOW, JOSEPH (FOCUS WORKFORCES)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

−$2,000

WINGERT, FRED (WINGERT SIGN CO)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,500

SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS

Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.

Robert B. Aderholt

R-AL · House

AgricultureCommercial BanksConstruction & Engineering

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Trent Kelly

R-MS · House

AgricultureCommercial Banks

HOW WE CALCULATE THIS

Funding Profile

“Raised” counts direct contributions from PACs and itemized individual donors. The Industry Signal donut shows only money traceable to an economic sector (via PAC names and donor employers); its center dollar figure always equals the sum of its slices. Party, leadership, and single-issue money is shown separately as political money, not industry — so it can't distort the economic-interest picture.

What we exclude from “raised”

FEC memo entries (informational subtotals that double-count money already reported elsewhere) are excluded — counting them inflated totals by tens of millions per member. Pass-through platforms (WinRed/ActBlue) that bundle many small donors are also shown apart from raised totals to avoid double-counting.

Data sources

FEC Schedule A & bulk PAC filings · 2022–2026 cycles · Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings · 2017–present · Congress.gov / House Clerk voting records.

Important disclaimer

All data is sourced from public records. Analysis reflects statistical patterns only — it does not imply corruption, intent, or quid pro quo. Donor relationships show financial alignment, not control. Capitol Trail makes no claims about the motivations or character of any individual or organization.

LOCKTON INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

BRAINARD, COLIN (ALPINE GROUP)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$500

BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC PAC (BLACKROCK PAC)

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$2,000

SUTHERLAND, MARK B. (SUTHERLANDS)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$500

HEIN, JULIE (RETIRED)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$260

LOCKTON INC PAC

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$5,000

BEREN, ADAM E. (BEREXCO)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$3,500

PROCHNOW, JENNI (SELF)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$2,000

HARSHMAN, WARREN (CLOVER CLIFF RANCH)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$3,500

CARSON, FRANK (CARSON BANK)

Individual · Mar 30, 2026

+$521

DEREK SCHMIDT VICTORY FUND

PAC · Mar 30, 2026

+$200

DEREK SCHMIDT VICTORY FUND

PAC · Mar 30, 2026

+$200

VITORIA PAC

PAC · Mar 30, 2026

+$4,000

NEIGHBORS, ROGER (NEIGHBORS CONSTRUCTION CO INC.)

Individual · Mar 30, 2026

+$2,000

Construction & Engineering

COMING SOON

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No historical stock trade disclosures on file for this member.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT

Lobbying is when companies, unions, and trade associations pay firms to influence laws and regulations — and the law requires them to disclose it. Every quarter, registrants file a report with Congress detailing who hired them, how much they spent, and which issues they pushed.

This page filters those filings to the industries that also fund this member's campaign. If commercial banks gave 30% of this member's donations and also filed 5,000 lobbying reports on bank-related issues last year, that's a financial pattern worth knowing about. It does not mean the member is corrupt — it means the industries paying to elect them are also paying to influence the laws they vote on.

125,309

Lobbying filings

that overlap top donor industries

$15.0B

Reported spend

across those filings

Donor industries

tracked here

2017–2026

Years covered

10 years

LOBBYING BY DONOR INDUSTRY

only industries that also fund this member

Each row = an industry that donated to this member AND has lobbyists pushing on Congress. Bar width = reported lobbying spend.

Defense & Aerospace

48,778 filings$6.0B

Health Services

46,475 filings$4.9B

Agriculture

15,305 filings$1.5B

Commercial Banks

8,039 filings$1.3B

TOP LOBBYING FIRMS

The firms doing the most spending in this member's donor industries

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.

6 filings

$1.0B

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

14 filings

$242.0M

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

12 filings

$159.5M

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA

13 filings

$113.6M

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

14 filings

$91.7M

Real Estate

5,781 filings$710.6M

Legal Services

931 filings$571.0M

LOBBYING SPEND BY YEAR

How much lobbyists in this member's donor industries have reported spending each year

2017

26,570$3.4B

2018

6,141$586.8M

2019

6,038$542.4M

2020

9,959$737.5M

2021

6,723$547.4M

2022

6,873$601.8M

2023

10,105$820.4M

2024

10,491$833.6M

2025

9,142$834.5M

2026

10,516$944.5M

YEARspend ($)filingsreported $

THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC.

13 filings

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

13 filings

$68.7M

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY

14 filings

$64.3M

SOURCES & CAVEATS

Data: LDA (Lobbying Disclosure Act) quarterly filings · 2017–present

Amounts are self-reported by registrants. Issue codes are mapped from the LDA's 80+ general issue codes to our 19-industry taxonomy.

An industry showing up here means it both (a) funds this member's campaign and (b) lobbies Congress on issues affecting it. That overlap is a factual pattern, not proof of any quid-pro-quo.