2026 general election
Kentucky 2nd District
The candidate who raised the most money won. · Incumbent re-elected.
$6.0M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Kentucky 2nd District race: $6.0M raised by the campaigns, $3.4M of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Brett Guthrie (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$6.0M
Raised by campaigns
$6.0M
PAC checks
$3.4M
Outside money
$0
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Brett GuthrieRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $6.0M
- Spent
- $4.9M
- From individuals
- $1.8M
- From PACs
- $3.4M
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 56% of Guthrie's money came from PACs
Corporate $1.9M (57%)Trade group $729K (23%)Leadership PAC $46K (1%)Membership $292K (9%)Union $14K (0%)Super PAC $23K (1%)Other $268K (8%)
- Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman Pc Employee PAC Aka Hallway PAC Federal Corporate$15K
- Thoroughbred PAC Other$11K
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade group$10K
- Chevron Corporation Corporate$10K
- American Academy of Dermatology Association Trade group$10K
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporate$10K
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. PAC Corporate$10K
- Merck & Co., Inc. Corporate$10K
Megan WingfieldDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $10K
- Spent
- $8K
- From individuals
- $10K
- From PACs
- $0
- From party
- $75
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 0% of Wingfield's money came from PACs
Union $5K (100%)
Plus 1 other candidate on the ballot with no reported money.
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2026 Kentucky 2nd District race?
- $6.0M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Kentucky 2nd District race: $6.0M raised by the campaigns, $3.4M of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Brett Guthrie (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2026 Kentucky 2nd District race?
- Brett Guthrie (Republican) raised $6.0M.
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2026 Kentucky 2nd District race?
- Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman Pc Employee PAC Aka Hallway PAC Federal gave $15K to Brett Guthrie; Thoroughbred PAC gave $11K to Brett Guthrie; National Cattlemen's Beef Association Political Action Committee (Ncba-PAC) gave $10K to Brett Guthrie.