2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Ralph A Alvarado?
The money.
- Raised
- $2.2M
- Spent
- $2.1M
- Cash on hand
- $181K
- Individuals 74% $1.6M
- PACs & other committees 23% $493K
- Party committees 0.2% $5,000
- Candidate's own money & loans 3% $57K
- Other receipts <0.1% $1,195
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $143K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $103K supporting · $240K opposing ($240K of it designated for the general election)
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
- VOTEVETS $240K
Largest direct PAC contributions
- NORPAC $19K
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $10K
- LIFEPOINT HEALTH PAC - THE PAC OF LIFEPOINT CORPORATE SERVICES, GENERAL PARTNERSHIP (LCSGP) AND FACILITIES WHICH ARE SUBSIDIARIES OF LIFEPOINT HEALTH (COLLECTIVELY LIFEPOINT) $10K
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) $10K
Who gave.
Who gives $1.6M from individuals
1% in small-dollar gifts
$21K of $1.6M 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 $1.2M of the $1.6M 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.
52% from Kentucky · 48% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
23% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Kentucky $617K
- California $159K
- New York $75K
- Florida $70K
- Tennessee $39K
- Texas $29K
- Georgia $25K
- Maryland $20K
Top employers named by donors
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES $4,580
- NORTH STAR STRATEGIES LLC $3,123
- BAPTIST HEALTH $1,750
- BRIGHTSPRING $1,520
- GJERSET & LORENZ LLP $1,500
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: $420K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $753K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 17, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (1,041 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: $4.0M for / $4.5M against · $2.9M in the final two weeks
That is $8.2M more than the $343K 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.
$3.5M of the $8.5M 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
- TV, radio & streaming TV 60% $5.1M
- Digital ads 24% $2.0M
- Ads, medium not stated 5% $393K
- Mail, print & signs 9% $769K
- Phones & texts 0.7% $61K
- Canvassing & field 0.1% $6,520
- Ad production 2% $161K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- HMP $1.6M
- KENTUCKIANS NOT CORRUPTION $1.6M
- IN THIS TOGETHER PAC $600K
- SERVANT-LEADER FUND, INC. $268K
- VOTEVETS $250K
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 (116 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 $1.1M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.1M of the $2.1M 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 60% $631K
- Consultants & strategy 21% $220K
- Staff & payroll 8% $87K
- Fundraising & processing fees 3% $35K
- Polling, research & data 2% $25K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $19K
- Office, technology & overhead 1% $11K
- Legal & compliance 2% $24K
- Other or unclassified 0.6% $6,115
Largest payees
- ADVICTORY LLC $479K
- 1892, LLC $148K
- STORYTELLERS GROUP LLC $104K
- PAYROLL SOLUTIONS, INC. $87K
- SOMETHING ELSE STRATEGIES, LLC $68K
Paid to individuals: $15K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Aug 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (259 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 · $7.3M outside
- Adam Perez ArquetteRepublican · $5.0M raised
- Zach DemboDemocrat · $3.2M raised · $315K outside
- Greg PlucinskiRepublican · $746K raised
- Cherlynn StevensonDemocrat · $661K raised · $148K outside
- Ryan DotsonRepublican · $567K raised
- Deanna GordonRepublican · $372K raised
- Erin PetreyDemocrat · $268K raised
- David KloiberDemocrat · $211K raised
- Bowman J JayNo party · $19K 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.