--- type: Candidate title: "Patrick Schmidt" description: "U.S. Senate candidate, KS (2026)" office: "U.S. Senate" state: "KS" party: "DEM" stance: "challenger" election_year: 2026 status: "statutory candidate" committee: name: "PATRICK SCHMIDT FOR SENATE" id: "C00937599" ids: fec: "S6KS00288" sources: - field: filing source: FEC (Federal Election Commission) confidence: official tags: [candidate, federal, senate, ks] timestamp: "2026-07-03" --- # Patrick Schmidt Democratic challenger for U.S. Senate (KS), 2026. ## Campaign Committee - PATRICK SCHMIDT FOR SENATE (C00937599) ## Source - filing: FEC (Federal Election Commission) Federal candidate filing; not yet linked to an officeholder record.