Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

William Dakota Compton

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Kentucky District 2
Filing address
Bowling Green, KY (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
COMPTON, WILLIAM DAKOTA
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Kentucky with the 2026 district highlighted

Kentucky, District 2

DemocraticU.S. House · Kentucky District 2ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H2KY02125 · Principal campaign committee: WILLIAM COMPTON FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Kentucky District 2$71,464.46Lost primary
2023–2024U.S. House · Kentucky District 2$5,164.12Lost primary
2021–2022U.S. House · Kentucky District 2$2,376.83Lost primary
Total raised$71,464.46
Total spent$68,612.66
Cash on hand$420.94
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $69,351.08Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $2,113.38
  • Individual contributions$69,351.0897%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,113.383%

Self-funding: $2,113.38 (3% of money raised): $2,113.38 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$56,892.0888%
  • Contributions over $200$7,459.0012%
  • Itemized from inside Kentucky$1,770.0020%
  • Itemized from other states$7,264.0080%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $935.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$32K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $380.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $250.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,601.79JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,195.75OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,143.59OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $866.12YEAR-END: raised $31,634.13YEAR-END: spent $24,760.62APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $25,290.42APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $27,214.33PRE-PRIMARY: raised $2,011.91PRE-PRIMARY: spent $4,150.51JULY QUARTERLY: raised $7,507.62JULY QUARTERLY: spent $8,328.81OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,895.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,846.522025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $5,250.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

The race

Kentucky U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
William Dakota Compton (D)$71,464.46$420.942026-09-30
S. Brett Brett Guthrie (R)$5,986,647.25$1,447,295.542026-10-14
Shay Perry-Adelmann (R)$100,500.96$80,417.242026-09-30
Megan Wingfield (D)$9,584.49$1,270.592026-10-14
Joshua M Ferguson (R)$7,078.77$65.002026-04-29
Hank Linderman (D)$3,800.00$2,023.022026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJune 3, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: WILLIAM COMPTON FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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