Political ads · 2026 · KY

Kentucky House District 6 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Zach Dembo won · 52.7% to 43.3% · Called by AP on Nov 3

Ralph Alvarado (Republican), Jay Bowman (NNE) and Zach Dembo (Democrat) are the nominees for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. By their latest FEC reports, Ralph Alvarado's campaign had raised $2.3 million (through October 14, 2026), Jay Bowman's campaign $19,000 (through October 14, 2026) and Zach Dembo's campaign $3.2 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $4.0 million for Ralph Alvarado and $4.5 million against; $0 for Jay Bowman and $52,000 against; $1.8 million for Zach Dembo and $3.4 million against.

Ralph Alvarado (REP), Jay Bowman (NNE), Zach Dembo (DEM). 7 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Ralph Alvarado (REP)

Raised
$2.3M through 2026-10-14 individuals $1.6M · PACs $493K · party $5,000 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $57K · from the candidate's other committees $143K · cash on hand $181K
Outside spending
$4.5M opposing Alvarado · $4.0M supporting Alvarado · latest reported 2026-10-31
Largest outside spenders
NO GOING BACK PAC INC. — $2.6M supporting Alvarado HMP — $1.6M opposing Alvarado Largest donors: HOUSE MAJORITY FORWARD $93.7M (39%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Reid G Hoffman $8.5M (4%), Greylock Partners, Partner; ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FUND $5.0M (2%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Fred Eychaner $5.0M (2%), Retired; UNITED ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ISSUES FUND $4.8M (2%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) KENTUCKIANS NOT CORRUPTION — $1.6M opposing Alvarado IN THIS TOGETHER PAC — $600K opposing Alvarado Largest donors: PARK, SUNDAE $719K (22%); ALLIANCE PRIME ASSOCIATES INC. $120K (4%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); IBEW PAC EDUCATIONAL FUND $110K (3%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Ashish Patel $100K (3%), Self Employed, Investor; CHURCHILL DOWNS $100K (3%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $452K supporting Alvarado Largest donors: Jeff Yass $12.5M (96%), SIG, Managing Director; AMERICAN DREAMS PAC $139K (1%); KIANI FAMILY TRUST $100K (1%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) and 17 more
Bundled through PACs
$9,000 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $9,000 from 3 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC
72 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • ABRAHAM LINCOLN PAC $2,500
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $5,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC (SKINPAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS PAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $7,000
  • AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
  • AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC PAC $3,000
  • AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY PAC (PT-PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $10K
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC (ASA PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PHYSICIAN PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS PLASTYPAC $1,000
  • ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC (ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC) $2,500
  • ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA PAC $2,500
  • ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. PAC (AAPS-PAC) $7,500
  • BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PAC $5,000
  • BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION NON-PARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $1,500
  • BUCKEYE LIBERTY PAC $10K
  • BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PAC $5,000
  • CAMPAIGN FUND OF DANNY CARROLL $2,200
  • CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (CHS PAC) $1,000
  • CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, MARKETS AND ENTHUSIASM IN RURAL KENTUCKY PAC $2,500
  • CUT THE BULL PAC $2,500
  • DELOITTE PAC $2,500
  • ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PAC $5,000
  • EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • EYEPAC PAC FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY $2,500
  • FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS PAC $5,000
  • FIRST IN FREEDOM PAC $5,000
  • GOPAC ELECTION FUND $5,000
  • GRAND CANYON STATE CAUCUS $3,000
  • HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
  • HEALTHCARE FREEDOM FUND $7,500
  • HEARTDOCPAC $2,041
  • HODGSON FOR KENTUCKY $500
  • HONOR COURAGE COMMITMENT PAC $1,000
  • INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. PAC (INSURPAC) $5,000
  • JESSICA STEINMANN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • KENTUCKY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
  • KENTUCKY SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (KSA-PAC) $3,000
  • KY ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC $2,000
  • LIFEPOINT HEALTH PAC - THE PAC OF LIFEPOINT CORPORATE SERVICES, GENERAL PARTNERSHIP (LCSGP) AND F... $10K
  • MAINTAINING ALL REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE PAC $1,000
  • MIKE HARIDOPOLOS FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANA $2,000
  • MISSOURI TRUTH PAC $2,000
  • NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE PAC / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $5,000
  • NATIONAL HEALTH CORPORATION PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $1,000
  • PAC OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS $2,500
  • PROJECTHEALTHSOLUTIONS PAC - PHSPAC $5,000
  • PROTECT SENIORS NOW $3,500
  • RAPTOR PAC $2,500
  • RESCARE, INC. DBA BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES LEGACY FUND (BRIGHTSPRING LEGACY FUND) $3,500
  • SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. PAC (SAZERACPAC) $1,000
  • SCALISE FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • SCHICKEL FOR SENATE COMMITTEE $300
  • SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS PAC $5,000
  • SPACE COAST LEADERSHIP PAC $2,000
  • STEVE WEST FOR STATE SENATE CAMPAIGN FUND $500
  • THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. PAC (AOTPAC) $1,000
  • THE EYE OF THE TIGER PAC $10K
  • THE GUARDIAN FUND $5,000
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. PAC (UPSPAC) $5,000
  • VICTORY EAST $5,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Jay Bowman (NNE)

Raised
$19K through 2026-10-14 individuals $5,818 · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $13K · cash on hand $216
Outside spending
$52K opposing Bowman · latest reported 2026-10-23
Largest outside spenders
NO GOING BACK PAC INC. — $52K opposing Bowman
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Zach Dembo (DEM)

Raised
$3.2M through 2026-10-14 individuals $2.9M · PACs $256K · candidate's own money, incl. loans $3,665 · from the candidate's other committees $43K · cash on hand $620K
Outside spending
$3.4M opposing Dembo · $1.8M supporting Dembo · latest reported 2026-11-01
Largest outside spenders
NO GOING BACK PAC INC. — $2.5M opposing Dembo KENTUCKIANS NOT CORRUPTION — $742K supporting Dembo CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. — $654K opposing Dembo Largest donors: CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS PAC $8.3M (49%); Kenneth Griffin $3.0M (18%), Citadel, Founder & CEO; Paul Singer $1.9M (11%), Elliott Investment Management, CO-CEO & President; FRIENDS OF JOE GRUTERS $1.2M (7%); ARDLEIGH IMPACT CORP. $750K (4%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) SERVANT-LEADER FUND, INC. — $320K supporting Dembo Largest donors: WITH HONOR FUND III, INC. $3.8M (77%); WITH HONOR FUND II, INC. $840K (17%); ARTICLE ONE ACTION FUND $250K (5%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT — $266K supporting Dembo Largest donors: STOP REPUBLICANS $6.1M (22%) (its largest donors: FAHEY, EILEEN $2.7M; PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $2.5M); LAWALL, JOY $6.0M (22%); PROGRESSIVE TAKEOVER $3.5M (13%) (its largest donors: EVEY, JULIE $1.4M); STOP THESE OPPRESSIVE PEOPLE: TYRANTS RACISTS UNQUALIFIEDS MISOGYNISTS PROPAGANDISTS (STOP TRUMP) $3.0M (11%) (its largest donors: JOHNSTON, ERIC $1.3M); DEM TURNOUT 2024 $2.1M (8%) (its largest donors: KITCHEN, CAROL $1.2M) and 11 more
Bundled through PACs
$4,500 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 FAIR SHOT PAC — $4,500 from 2 gifts
20 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • BLUE WAVE AMERICA $2,000
  • COONEY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • CROSSPARTISAN PAC I $2,500
  • FAIR SHOT PAC $5,000
  • FLEMING COUNTY DEMOCRAT PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE $100
  • FRIENDS OF DON BEYER $2,000
  • GALLANT FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • GROUNDWORK PROJECT PAC $2,000
  • HOLD THE LINE PAC $2,000
  • IN THIS TOGETHER PAC, INC $5,000
  • JAMES OSYF FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $2,550
  • LEE PAC $1,000
  • MORGAN MCGARVEY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $4,000
  • PATRIOT PAC $2,500
  • SERVE AMERICA PAC $1,000
  • THE NEXT 50 PAC $5,000
  • VOTEVETS $10K
  • WITH HONOR PAC $3,500

All filings at the FEC ↗

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