Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District. Schmidt’s announcement comes after Republican Congressman Jake LaTurner announced last week that he wouldn’t be seeking re-election. Schmidt says he feels a calling to serve the people. In his announcement statement, Schmidt says President Biden and the radicals he enables, have unleashed a dangerous agenda on our country. Those of us who represent Kansas conservative values need to stand up and fight back. He says in Congress, he will work to secure our border, fight overreach from a Federal Government that doesn’t understand or respect our way of life, and stop the Federal Government from making daily life increasingly expensive and difficult.
Also announcing his candidacy was LaTurner staffer Jeff Kahrs, who had been a Senior Adviser and District Director for LaTurner, but left that role to run for LaTurner’s open seat in the U. S. House. In his statement he said he is running because he wants to leave this country better than he found it for his children and we have work to do.
