2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Nate Morris?
The money.
- Raised
- $8.8M
- Spent
- $8.7M
- Cash on hand
- $410K
- Debts
- $7.0M
- Individuals 22% $2.0M
- PACs & other committees 0.5% $44K
- Candidate's own money & loans 77% $6.8M
- Other receipts 0.2% $16K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $310K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $12M supporting · $7.4M opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- FIGHT FOR KENTUCKY $9.6M
- RESTORATION OF AMERICA PAC $1.7M
- FELLOWSHIP PAC $221K
- SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND $78K
- SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION $21K
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $2.0M from individuals
34% in small-dollar gifts
$665K of $2.0M 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 36%. 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.
The itemized gifts below add up to $1.0M of the $1.3M the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 25, 2026 for this campaign.
24% from Kentucky · 76% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
24% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Kentucky $240K
- Texas $184K
- Florida $87K
- New York $64K
- Pennsylvania $60K
- California $54K
- Virginia $34K
- Ohio $27K
Top employers named by donors
- BLACKSTONE $32K
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: $272K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $701K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jun 26, 2025 to Jun 25, 2026, net of refunds (5,593 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: $13M for / $7.4M against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $990K more than the $19M 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 95% $11M
- Ads, medium not stated 2% $242K
- Mail, print & signs 0.2% $21K
- Phones & texts 2% $266K
- Ad production 0.1% $13K
Largest late spenders for
- FIGHT FOR KENTUCKY $9.6M
- RESTORATION OF AMERICA PAC $1.7M
- FELLOWSHIP PAC $221K
- SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION $21K
- TURNING POINT PAC INC. $16K
Latest dissemination on these reports: April 23, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (23 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 $7.9M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 81% $6.4M
- Consultants & strategy 6% $469K
- Fundraising & processing fees 4% $343K
- Polling, research & data 1% $93K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $148K
- Office, technology & overhead 4% $334K
- Legal & compliance 1% $87K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $500
- Other or unclassified 0.4% $29K
Largest payees
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. $5.6M
- TAG LLC $385K
- RESTORE AMERICA MEDIA $172K
- TAG STRATEGIES $156K
- X STRATEGIES LLC $150K
Paid to individuals: $178K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 26, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (954 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
- Amy McGrathDemocrat · $2.4M raised · $154K 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.