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Who funds Garland Andy Barr?

Kentucky U.S. House District 6RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H0KY06104
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Andy Barr

In the U.S. House (KY-6) since 2013 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · 3 subcommittees
  • 396 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 8 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H0KY06104) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Garland Andy BarrFEC filing: Garland Andy Barr · H0KY06104 ↗
Raised
$9.7M
Spent
$15M
Cash on hand
$1.6M
  • Individuals 71% $6.9M
  • PACs & other committees 26% $2.5M
  • Party committees 0.6% $62K
  • Other receipts 2% $230K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $2.8M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $7.3M supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $7.2M
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · National Association Of RealtorsSpent mainly in primaries $82K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $10K
  2. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PACTrade association PAC · America'S Credit Unions $10K
  3. UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)Corporate PAC · Ubs Americas Inc. $10K
  4. INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)Trade association PAC · Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Of America, Inc. $10K
  5. NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)Trade association PAC · National Cattlemen'S Beef Association $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $6.9M from individuals

12% in small-dollar gifts

$836K of $6.9M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $4.8M of the $6.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

46% from Kentucky · 54% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $21K had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

47% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Kentucky $2.2M
  2. Florida $327K
  3. California $307K
  4. New York $236K
  5. Texas $181K
  6. Illinois $150K
  7. Virginia $129K
  8. District of Columbia $125K

Top employers named by donors

  1. FICO $35K
  2. KKR $25K
  3. APOLLO $18K
  4. COINBASE $14K
  5. HEAVEN HILL BRANDS $13K
  6. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $13K
  7. GOLDMAN SACHS $12K
  8. APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $11K
  9. ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $11K
  10. TRUIST $10K

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: $2.5M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $2.0M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (38,505 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: $7.3M for / $36K against · $1,002 in the final two weeks

That is $37K more than the $7.3M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 0.5% $36K
  • Digital ads <0.1% $1,002
  • Ads, medium not stated 100% $7.2M

Largest late spenders for

  1. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS $7.2M
  2. NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND $1,002

Largest late spenders against

  1. CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $36K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (8 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 $11M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $11M of the $15M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 69% $7.8M
  • Consultants & strategy 0.6% $72K
  • Staff & payroll 9% $982K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 13% $1.4M
  • Polling, research & data 3% $382K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $229K
  • Office, technology & overhead 0.7% $76K
  • Legal & compliance 0.6% $64K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $3,410
  • Other or unclassified 2% $237K

Largest payees

  1. FLEXPOINT CAMPAIGNS $7.1M
  2. PAYROLL SOLUTIONS $969K
  3. TARGETED VICTORY $775K
  4. UPONE INSIGHTS $361K
  5. SOMETHING ELSE STRATEGIES, LLC $263K

Paid to individuals: $170K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,021 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.

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.