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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

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 17 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 11
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 93 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 11 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 6 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 1
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Brett Guthrie. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

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

Campaign finance

2018 cycle

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

  • $1,971,351 raised
  • $1,742,416 spent
  • $2,010,499 cash on hand
$1.97M
$1.96M
$351.74K
Itemized (≥ $200)$303.35K
Unitemized (< $200)$48.39K
Party committees$500.00
Other committees (PACs)$1.61M
Offsets to expenditures$1.34K
Other receipts$9.31K
$1.74M
Operating expenditures$1.30M
Contribution refunds$3.77K
Other disbursements$443.25K
Cash on hand$2.01M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2018 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2018)

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

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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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (104)

Data from Congress.gov

104
Page 1 of 5 · 104 bills
  • HR 10453To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to expand the coverage of such Act and to streamline the processes under such Act, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 9535Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9452Budgeting for a Better America ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9393Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026sponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 8925Job Corps and Skilled Defense Workforce ActcosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8820Prohibit Deactivation of the ECABs Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8739Brownfields Revitalization for a Better Tomorrow ActsponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HRES 1252Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.cosponsoredMay 3, 2026
  • HR 8255SAT Streamlining ActsponsoredApr 13, 2026
  • HR 7871MVP ActsponsoredMar 8, 2026
  • HR 7757KIDS ActsponsoredMar 2, 2026
  • HR 7389Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026sponsoredFeb 4, 2026
  • HRES 1034Relating to questions of privilege in the House of Representatives during the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.cosponsoredFeb 2, 2026
  • HR 7248MARINA ActcosponsoredJan 26, 2026
  • HR 7114No Bounties on Badges ActcosponsoredJan 14, 2026
  • HR 6498Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025sponsoredDec 8, 2025
  • HRES 921Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords.cosponsoredDec 1, 2025
  • HR 6332To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building".cosponsoredNov 30, 2025
  • HRES 900Expressing condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of the crash of UPS Airlines flight 2976.cosponsoredNov 19, 2025
  • HR 6087To amend the Delta Development Act to add the Kentucky counties of Hancock, Ohio, and Daviess to the Delta Regional Authority area, and for other purposes.sponsoredNov 17, 2025
  • HRES 864Honoring the service and sacrifice of America's veterans on Veterans Day, 2025.cosponsoredNov 6, 2025
  • HR 5822Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025cosponsoredOct 23, 2025
  • HR 5688Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity ActcosponsoredOct 2, 2025
  • HR 5563DRIVE-SAFE ActcosponsoredSep 25, 2025
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Committee assignments (1)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Guthrie most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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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.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Guthrie connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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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.