Career
She is the Assistant Majority Leader. Schmidt serves on these legislative committees:
Ethics and Elections (chair)
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations (vice-chair)
Public Health and Welfare (vice-chair)
Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight
Joint Committee on Information Technology
Interstate Cooperation
Transportation
Ways and Means
Some of the top contributors to Schmidt"s 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:
Financial, insurance and real estate companies were her largest donor group, followed by health care companies.