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Don Coover

Running for U.S. House District 2 — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$728K

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Don Coover is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 2 in Kansas in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $727,521 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

Don Coover is the Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Kansas's 2nd Congressional District in 2026, running as a challenger to U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt. A veterinarian and rancher, Coover is a West Point graduate who served in the U.S. Army from 1973 to the 1980s. He holds a veterinary license from Kansas State University and runs a beef cattle genetics company and working ranch in the district. He filed to run on Aug. 26, 2025.

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94% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.

$728K

Total raised

$486K

Total spent

$242K

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$462K · 64%
Small dollar donations <$200$225K · 31%
PAC contributions$34K · 5%
Candidate self-funding$7K · 1%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC