Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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 21, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Kentucky with the 2024 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$5,164.12
Total spent$5,459.60
Cash on hand$440.89
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $4,082.60Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,081.52
  • Individual contributions$4,082.6079%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,081.5221%

Self-funding: $1,081.52 (21% of money raised): $1,081.52 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

The race

Kentucky U.S. House, District 2, 2024 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
William Dakota Compton (D)$5,164.12$440.892024-12-31
S. Brett Guthrie (R)$3,849,228.99$366,244.442024-12-31
Hank Linderman (D)$41,067.58$32,042.222024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Cook Political ReportSolid RDecember 30, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RJanuary 3, 2024
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RNovember 16, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe ROctober 26, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid RDecember 28, 2023
  • Decision Desk HQSolid RJune 1, 2024

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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