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Kansas · U.S. House

Kansas 2nd District

Derek Schmidt wins. Called.

99% counted
CandidateVotesShare
Derek Schmidt R won 125,639 51.3%
Don Coover D 110,244 45.0%
John Hauer L 9,165 3.7%
Total245,048

1,067 of 1,091 precincts reporting. Precincts reporting is not the same as ballots counted. Last vote update Nov 5, 3:42 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 6:00 PM.

By county

PlaceVotes Margin2024 president ShiftCounted
Shawnee 69,302 D +9.0 D +0.5 D +8.5 100%
Leavenworth 28,263 R +10.0 R +23.3 D +13.2 100%
Wyandotte 27,480 D +51.3 D +32.5 D +18.8 100%
Crawford 12,181 R +5.5 R +25.7 D +20.3 100%
Lyon 11,195 R +5.6 R +15.0 D +9.4 100%
Douglas 11,038 D +2.2 R +10.4 D +12.5 100%
Montgomery 9,036 R +40.9 R +52.0 D +11.1 100%
Geary 6,720 R +5.1 R +18.0 D +13.0 99%
Osage 6,086 R +38.4 R +49.3 D +10.9 100%
Cherokee 6,051 R +38.5 R +53.9 D +15.4 100%
Labette 5,832 R +20.5 R +38.8 D +18.3 100%
Atchison 5,165 R +24.6 R +38.1 D +13.5 99%
Neosho 4,931 R +19.5 R +49.0 D +29.6 99%
Marion 4,704 R +48.9 R +50.2 D +1.3 99%
Bourbon 4,571 R +41.4 R +55.2 D +13.8 99%
Nemaha 4,493 R +66.0 R +68.0 D +1.9 100%
Allen 4,099 R +29.5 R +47.2 D +17.7 100%
Linn 3,618 R +57.3 R +65.5 D +8.2 100%
Brown 3,384 R +41.3 R +48.9 D +7.6 100%
Coffey 3,372 R +51.2 R +56.6 D +5.4 99%
Wabaunsee 3,258 R +43.8 R +49.8 D +6.0 100%
Wilson 2,799 R +50.3 R +63.5 D +13.2 100%
Doniphan 2,567 R +58.9 R +64.5 D +5.6 99%
Morris 2,337 R +38.4 R +47.4 D +9.0 99%
Chase 1,147 R +44.9 R +51.6 D +6.7 99%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

TimeUpdateTotal votesMargin
+4 votes245,048R +6.5
+28 votes245,044R +6.5
+1 votes245,016R +6.5
+43 votes245,015R +6.5
+1,248 votes244,972R +6.5
+249 votes243,724R +6.8
+13 votes243,475R +6.8
+40 votes243,462R +6.8
+4 votes243,422R +6.8
+11 votes243,418R +6.8
+10 votes243,407R +6.8
+30 votes243,397R +6.8