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Brett Guthrie

Brett Guthrie

Republican · KY U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

18 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2009

  • role U.S. representative for Kentucky's 2nd congressional district since 2009
  • role Previously served as a member of the Kentucky Senate
  • background Businessman by background
  • background Born February 18, 1964

Issue positions (4)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House KY-02 · 2026 General Election

  • $4,707,593 raised
  • $3,355,566 spent
  • $1,718,271 cash on hand
$4.71M
$4.70M
$1.67M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.66M
Unitemized (< $200)$8.73K
Other committees (PACs)$3.03M
Offsets to expenditures-$205.18
Other receipts$11.52K
$3.36M
Operating expenditures$1.93M
Contribution refunds$68.30K
Other disbursements$1.36M
Cash on hand$1.72M
Debts owed by committee$2.30K

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Brett Guthrie campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2008$1,282,674$1,257,628$25,047
2010$1,233,573$983,561$275,093
2012$1,577,907$1,027,866$825,634
2014$1,834,727$1,292,843$1,367,518
2016$1,732,324$1,318,277$1,781,565
2018$1,971,351$1,742,416$2,010,499
2020$1,425,220$1,579,045$1,856,674
2022$2,259,393$2,251,947$1,864,120
2024$3,849,229$5,461,908$366,244
2026$4,707,593$3,355,566$1,718,271

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $98,200 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $26,669
  • MEHLMAN CONSULTING $18,700
  • BGR GROUP $15,200
  • SENIOR STAR $13,200
  • DISH NETWORK $13,200
  • FIRST UROLOGY $12,000
  • W STRATEGIES $9,900
  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $9,900
  • CAPITOL COUNSEL $9,300
  • G&J PEPSI BOTTLING $8,300

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $80,276 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Guthrie, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.