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Who funds Thomas H. Massie?

Kentucky U.S. House District 4RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H2KY04121
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Thomas Massie

In the U.S. House (KY-4) since 2012 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 23 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure · 5 subcommittees
  • 34 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 (H2KY04121) 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.

Thomas H. MassieFEC filing: Thomas H. Massie · H2KY04121 ↗
Raised
$8.9M
Spent
$9.3M
Cash on hand
$474K
  • Individuals 98% $8.7M
  • PACs & other committees 1% $117K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $7
  • Other receipts 0.8% $74K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

Outside groups: $3.6M supporting · $10M opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. KENTUCKY FIRST PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.5M
  2. MAKE LIBERTY WINHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $1.1M
  3. DEFEATING COMMUNISM PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $952K
  4. HOLD THE LINE PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $45K
  5. GUN RIGHTS AMERICASuper PAC $17K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. MAGA KYSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $6.2M
  2. UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $3.6M
  3. RJC VICTORY FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $363K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. REINVENTING A NEW DIRECTION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC of Rand Paul $10K
  2. MAKE LIBERTY WINHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  3. ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC $6,077
  4. NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade association PAC · National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000
  5. SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE ( SRPPIC)Corporate PAC · Salt River Valley Water Users' Association Political Involvement Committee ( Srppic) $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $8.7M from individuals

38% in small-dollar gifts

$3.3M of $8.7M 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 40%. 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.

7% from Kentucky · 93% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $1,750 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

4% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $755K
  2. Texas $594K
  3. Florida $533K
  4. Kentucky $357K
  5. Virginia $229K
  6. New York $219K
  7. Washington $147K
  8. Tennessee $135K

Top employers named by donors

  1. NUTRAMAX LABORATORIES $21K
  2. GOOGLE $18K
  3. Y COMBINATOR $11K
  4. US ARMY $6,196
  5. US NAVY $5,340
  6. AMAZON $4,777
  7. ORACLE $4,650
  8. APPLE $4,606
  9. ARTS RENTAL EQUIPMENT $4,386
  10. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT $4,331

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: $2.6M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (14,559 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: $3.7M for / $10M against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $100K more than the $14M 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.

$16K of the $14M 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 39% $5.3M
  • Digital ads 11% $1.5M
  • Ads, medium not stated 36% $4.9M
  • Mail, print & signs 5% $737K
  • Phones & texts 2% $271K
  • Canvassing & field 6% $823K
  • Ad production 0.4% $57K

Largest late spenders for

  1. KENTUCKY FIRST PAC $1.5M
  2. MAKE LIBERTY WIN $1.0M
  3. DEFEATING COMMUNISM PAC $823K
  4. ISSUE ONE ACTION $100K
  5. HOLD THE LINE PAC $45K

Largest late spenders against

  1. MAGA KY $6.2M
  2. UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') $3.6M
  3. RJC VICTORY FUND $363K

Latest dissemination on these reports: May 19, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (97 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 $8.8M in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 84% $7.4M
  • Consultants & strategy 1% $117K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 7% $590K
  • Polling, research & data 0.7% $60K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $282K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $162K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $99K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $1,620
  • Other or unclassified 0.9% $77K

Largest payees

  1. NATIONAL AD PLACEMENT $6.6M
  2. LAST MILE MARKETING $661K
  3. ANEDOT $250K
  4. DRY POWDER STRATEGIES, LLC $249K
  5. DEBT BADGE LLC $91K

Paid to individuals: $120K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,748 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.