Don Coover, a Democrat and veterinarian, is his party's nominee for Kansas's 2nd congressional district in 2026, challenging Republican incumbent Derek Schmidt in the November 3 general election.
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Coover steps in to challenge Schmidt for Kansas congressional seat
Don Coover has entered the race to challenge Rep. Jake LaTurner in Kansas’s 2nd Congressional District (KS-02).
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2026 race
Don Coover, a veterinarian, is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 election for Kansas's 2nd congressional district, which stretches across much of eastern Kansas from Nebraska to Oklahoma and includes Topeka, Emporia, Junction City and Pittsburg.
The incumbent is Republican Derek Schmidt, who won the seat in 2024 with 57.1% of the vote. Coover received all 38,737 votes cast in the Democratic primary, in which another candidate, Braeden Curwick, was disqualified.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Schmidt, who won his own primary against Chad Young with 79.9%, and Libertarian John Hauer.