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Kansas's 2nd District

Don Coover (D)vsDerek Schmidt (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+10 · Incumbent: Derek Schmidt (R)

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Derek Schmidt favored95%

Very likely for Derek Schmidt: a 95 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+10
  • Incumbent:Derek Schmidt (R)
  • District:2 of 4 in Kansas
  • Odds:Schmidt 95%
  • Margin:Schmidt +12.2, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Schmidt +12.2

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Schmidt +12.2
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Schmidt +20.1 to Schmidt +4.3 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Schmidt +12.2 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Coover ahead is positive, Schmidt ahead is negative.

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+10, worth 17.4 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Derek Schmidt, running again, worth 4.8 points), and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Schmidt +12.2 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Derek Schmidt (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Don Coover (D) vs Derek Schmidt (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 38.2, Republican 57.1. Schmidt by 18.9.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 57.2, Harris 41.0. Trump by 16.1.
Lean
R+10 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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