Eliminate the sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products within his first 100 days as governor.

Derek Schmidt · Kansas · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

he intends to dispose of the sales tax on those items during his first 100 days as Governor

Schmidt promises to eliminate sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products early in his governorship.

Schmidt backs plan to eliminate sales tax on diapers, feminine hygiene products
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Evidence

The official Kansas general election results list the 2022 governor / lieutenant governor race with Laura Kelly / David Toland winning and Derek Schmidt / Katie Sawyer receiving 477,591 votes (47.33%).

Schmidt lost the 2022 governor race, so he never entered the governorship and could not complete a first-100-days gubernatorial promise.

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2022-General-Official-Vote-Totals.pdf
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The official House biography states that Derek Schmidt has represented Kansas's Second Congressional District since January 3, 2025.

Schmidt is serving in federal office later instead of as governor, confirming the campaign promise was never delivered in the intended gubernatorial term.

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About | Representative Derek Schmidt
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The Kansas Secretary of State's official 2022 general election totals list the Governor / Lt. Governor race as Laura Kelly / David Toland with 499,849 votes (49.54%) and Derek Schmidt / Katie Sawyer with 477,591 votes (47.33%).

Schmidt lost the 2022 Kansas governor race, so he never held the governorship in which the first-100-days promise was to be carried out.

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2022-General-Official-Vote-Totals.pdf
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AP reported on January 9, 2023, that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly was sworn in for her second term and was sworn in last among statewide elected officials at the Kansas Statehouse.

Kelly, not Schmidt, began the 2023 gubernatorial term, confirming Schmidt had no first 100 days as governor after the 2022 election.

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Democratic Kansas Gov. Kelly urges civility; Kobach is AG
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The official House biography states that Derek Schmidt has represented Kansas's Second Congressional District since January 3, 2025, and previously served as the 44th attorney general of Kansas.

Schmidt later entered federal office rather than the Kansas governorship, so later service did not deliver the gubernatorial first-100-days tax promise.

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About | Representative Derek Schmidt
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AP reported that Republican Derek Schmidt won Kansas's 2nd Congressional District seat in 2024 and described him as coming off a narrow loss in the 2022 governor's race.

This corroborates that Schmidt's later office was U.S. House service after losing the governor race, not a later gubernatorial term that could fulfill the promise.

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Ex-Kansas AG Schmidt wins an open House seat for the GOP. Democratic Rep. Davids is reelected
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Assessments

never same_term

Schmidt promised to eliminate Kansas sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products within his first 100 days as governor, but he lost the 2022 Kansas governor race to Laura Kelly and never entered that gubernatorial term. His later federal House service beginning in 2025 does not provide the state executive authority or timing context needed to fulfill this first-100-days gubernatorial promise, and the evidence does not show a serious legislative or executive attempt by Schmidt that delivered or nearly delivered the outcome.

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never same_term

Schmidt promised to eliminate these sales taxes within his first 100 days as governor, but he lost the 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election and never took office as governor. Because he never held the office in which the promise was to be executed, the promised outcome was not delivered, and there is no basis for crediting a serious in-office attempt.

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never same_term

Derek Schmidt made this promise as a 2022 Kansas gubernatorial candidate, but he lost the governor's race to Laura Kelly and therefore never entered the gubernatorial term in which the first-100-days promise would have had to be fulfilled. His later federal office does not deliver the promised Kansas gubernatorial action, and the evidence does not show a serious successful or failed executive/legislative attempt by Schmidt that achieved the outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%