Kentucky campaign finance — May 2024 Primary election

$13,876,972 raised across 25,397 contributions to 501 candidates in 238 races, per filings with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.

Top fundraisers

kref test (Circuit Court Clerk, Pike) — $906,705
Robert Stivers (State Senator (Odd), 25th District) — $515,921
Edward Gallrein (State Senator (Odd), 7th District) — $300,996
Jason Howell (State Senator (Odd), 1st District) — $253,253
Kimberly Moser (State Representative, 64th District) — $246,342
Michael Meredith (State Representative, 19th District) — $234,933
Charles Wheeler (State Senator (Odd), 31st District) — $223,156
Pamela Goodwine (Supreme Court Justice, 5th District) — $218,027
Christian McDaniel (State Senator (Odd), 23rd District) — $205,090
Randy Bridges (State Representative, 3rd District) — $195,249
David Givens (State Senator (Odd), 9th District) — $194,179
Steven Rudy (State Representative, 1st District) — $161,849
James Palumbo (State Representative, 76th District) — $155,957
Damon Thayer (State Senator (Odd), 17th District) — $153,977
Aaron Reed (State Senator (Odd), 7th District) — $148,701
Stephen Meredith (State Senator (Odd), 5th District) — $146,815
Morgan McGarvey (State Senator (Odd), 19th District) — $143,966
Matthew Nunn (State Senator (Odd), 17th District) — $140,974
Benjamin Reno-Weber (Legislative Council - Even, Jefferson-Dist 8) — $137,511
Stan Moore (Legislative Council - Even, Jefferson-Dist 4) — $136,250
Tom O Dell Smith (State Representative, 86th District) — $134,791
C. Massey (State Representative, 66th District) — $129,142
David Osborne (State Representative, 59th District) — $122,530
John Schickel (State Senator (Odd), 11th District) — $115,306
Charles Yates (State Senator (Odd), 37th District) — $110,353

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Data: Kentucky Registry of Election Finance public records. KREF Watch is an independent project of The Lexington Times.