2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Amy McGrath?
The money.
- Raised
- $2.4M
- Spent
- $2.4M
- Cash on hand
- $3,516
- Individuals 97% $2.3M
- PACs & other committees 1% $25K
- Candidate's own money & loans 0.3% $6,000
- Other receipts 1% $29K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $154K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- COMMONWEALTH COURAGE PAC $149K
- SD 2026 $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $2.3M from individuals
53% in small-dollar gifts
$1.2M of $2.3M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 55%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.
26% from Kentucky · 74% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
66% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Kentucky $256K
- California $111K
- New York $72K
- Florida $63K
- Massachusetts $59K
- Montana $50K
- Virginia $32K
- Ohio $31K
Top employers named by donors
- YOCUM & NEUROTH LLC $5,445
- UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY $3,099
- STEPTOE LLP $2,500
- NOVO NORDISK $1,250
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $733K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $252K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 29, 2025 to Jun 7, 2026, net of refunds (3,547 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗
From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Outside money in the final weeks.
Outside spending including late reports: $154K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
$5,000 of the $5,000 on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Digital ads 100% $5,000
Largest late spenders for
- SD 2026 $5,000
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 16, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (1 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗
Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Where it went.
Where the money went $2.3M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 26% $588K
- Consultants & strategy 4% $79K
- Staff & payroll 18% $400K
- Fundraising & processing fees 40% $903K
- Polling, research & data 2% $46K
- Travel, meals & events 1% $25K
- Office, technology & overhead 7% $159K
- Legal & compliance 2% $41K
- Other or unclassified 1% $30K
Largest payees
- AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGNS $739K
- GUSTO $369K
- BLUEWEST MEDIA $225K
- C PLUS K LLC $171K
- AB DATA $142K
Paid to individuals: $27K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Sep 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (495 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗
Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Garland Andy BarrRepublican · $9.7M raised · $15M outside
- Nate MorrisRepublican · $8.8M raised · $19M outside
- Daniel CameronRepublican · $2.3M raised · $4.3M outside
- Charles BookerDemocrat · $1.9M raised · $28K outside
- Dale RomansDemocrat · $838K raised · $11K outside
- Joel WillettDemocrat · $350K raised
- Pamela StevensonDemocrat · $311K raised
- Mitch McConnellRepublican · $268K raised
- Michael FarisRepublican · $62K raised
- Michael James FarisRepublican · $62K raised
- Logan ForsytheDemocrat · $47K raised
- Donald Ray WenzelRepublican · $2,531 raised
Questions worth asking.
Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.