Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt won the Republican primary in the open 2nd District, a solid red seat that covers much of the state’s eastern flank.
Schmidt, who had the backing of former President Donald Trump, had nearly 50 percent of the vote in the five-candidate field when The Associated Press called the race at 8:58 p.m. Eastern time. Rancher Shawn Tiffany was running second with 22 percent.
In the Democratic primary, former Rep. Nancy Boyda defeated Matt Kleinmann, a community developer who played basketball at the University of Kansas. Boyda, who held the seat from 2007 to 2009, had 51 percent to Kleinman’s 49 percent when the AP had called the race at 11:38 p.m. Eastern time.
