(UPDATED to reflect more events from his Senate term)
Democratic state Sen. Patrick Schmidt on Tuesday filed a statement of candidacy for the U.S. Senate with the Federal Election Commission.
Schmidt is in his first term in the Kansas Senate after he was elected in 2024 when he defeated House Minority Leader Vic Miller in the primary and Republican Tyler Wible in the general election.
Schmidt started his political career in 2022 when he ran unsuccessfully for Congress against Republican incumbent Jake LaTurner. He lost with about . . .
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