Kentucky will elect one member to the U.S. Senate. Kentucky will elect six members to its U.S. House delegation.
Four women, two Democrats and two Republicans, are running for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Republican Nate Morris leads the money race with almost $6M raised, most of which is from self-financing. Democrat Amy McGrath has raised over $1.3M.
Two Democratic women, Cherlynn Stevenson (KY-6) and Erin Petrey (KY-6), are running for the open U.S. House seat. Deanna Gordon, with $360,470 is also seeking this seat; she is the only Republican with campaign finance data in this race which is rated “Solid Republican” by The Cook Political Report. The money race is led by Republican Adam Arquette, who has raised over $3.3M.
Within both parties, the average raised by men running in open U.S. House seats in Kentucky is higher than the average raised by women.
In Kentucky’s open U.S. House seats, there is no clear pattern of how gender is related to self-financing, though the average proportion of funds from self-financing is higher for Republicans than for Democrats.
Men in both parties also have a higher average proportion of funds from small contributions than women.
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup. Primary challengers to incumbents are excluded.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.