Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

John Andrew Williams

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Kentucky District 1
Filing address
Benton, KY (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
WILLIAMS, JOHN ANDREW
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 1

DemocraticU.S. House · Kentucky District 1ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6KY01169 · Principal campaign committee: WILLIAMS FOR KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN

Total raised$223,179.90
Total spent$213,880.62
Cash on hand$7,976.68
Debts owed by the campaign$2,900.00
Loans from the candidate$2,900.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $203,708.05PACs and other committees: $16,500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $2,900.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $71.85
  • Individual contributions$203,708.0591%
  • PACs and other committees$16,500.007%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,900.001%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$71.850%

Self-funding: $2,900.00 (1% of money raised): $0.00 given and $2,900.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$122,992.4979%
  • Contributions over $200$33,632.0021%
  • Itemized from inside Kentucky$30,201.0071%
  • Itemized from other states$12,264.0029%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $1,399.00. 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

$92K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $3,779.85JULY QUARTERLY: spent $746.69OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $8,696.50OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $10,405.86YEAR-END: raised $16,012.45YEAR-END: spent $8,613.61APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $42,712.75APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $34,573.93PRE-PRIMARY: raised $8,545.49PRE-PRIMARY: spent $13,978.36JULY QUARTERLY: raised $39,007.90JULY QUARTERLY: spent $30,213.54OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $91,875.18OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $68,443.542025-062025-122026-042026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $5,000.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John Andrew Williams$379.79
  • Independent expenditures opposing John Andrew Williams$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Kentucky U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Andrew Williams (D)$223,179.90$7,976.682026-10-14
James Comer (R)$2,318,360.81$1,623,432.272026-10-14
David Sims (R)$1,800.00$298.662026-07-19

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

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: WILLIAMS FOR KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN.
  • 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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