Facts: - successor: jeff king jay emler - state senate: kansas - party: republican - predecessor: stephen six tim emert lana oleen - office: 44th kansas senate attorney general of kansas majority leader of the - spouse: jennifer schmidt - district: 15th - term end: january 10 , 2011 january 10 , 2011 - term start: january 10 , 2005 10 , 2011 january 8 , 2001 january - birth date: 23 january 1968 - name: derek schmidt - birth place: independence , kansas , u.s. - governor: sam brownback - alma mater: university university of kansas , lawrence university of leicester georgetown Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of derek schmidt .
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derek schmidt -lrb- born january 23 , 1968 -rrb- is the 44th and current attorney general of kansas .schmidt previously served as member of the kansas senate , representing the 15th district , and as senate majority leader .before serving in the legislature , he was special counsel to governor bill graves .schmidt defeated former attorney general , democrat stephen six in the november 2010 elections and democrat a.j. kotich in the 2014 elections .schmidt resigned his senate seat upon taking office as attorney general .