Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Cherlynn Stevenson

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Kentucky District 6
Filing address
Lexington, KY (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
STEVENSON, CHERLYNN
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 6

DemocraticU.S. House · Kentucky District 6Open seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6KY06150 · Principal campaign committee: CHERLYNN FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$661,063.56
Total spent$661,239.01
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through July 16, 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: $605,667.13PACs and other committees: $49,020.92Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,169.51Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $5,206.00
  • Individual contributions$605,667.1392%
  • PACs and other committees$49,020.927%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,169.510%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5,206.001%

Self-funding: $1,169.51 (0% of money raised): $1,169.51 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$220,632.1637%
  • Contributions over $200$383,784.9763%
  • Itemized from inside Kentucky$351,902.0782%
  • Itemized from other states$77,969.2718%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $13,183.00 · New York $8,535.00 · Florida $6,622.00 · Ohio $2,373.27 · North Carolina $2,306.00. 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

$210K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $210,069.05JULY QUARTERLY: spent $42,352.83OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $135,135.93OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $148,732.67YEAR-END: raised $107,800.37YEAR-END: spent $136,976.95APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $118,004.72APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $127,134.33PRE-PRIMARY: raised $31,541.46PRE-PRIMARY: spent $64,378.71JULY QUARTERLY: raised $58,512.03JULY QUARTERLY: spent $140,546.23TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $1,117.292025-062025-122026-042026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

13 committees reported giving $39,245.00 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 Cherlynn Stevenson$147,663.98
  • Independent expenditures opposing Cherlynn Stevenson$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 6, 2026 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Cherlynn Stevenson (D)$661,063.56$0.002026-07-16
Garland Andy Barr (R)$12,476,747.89$1,553,857.102026-10-14
Adam Perez Arquette (R)$4,990,948.00$0.002026-05-04
Zach Dembo (D)$2,871,240.91$813,913.932026-09-30
Ralph A Alvarado (R)$2,307,369.27$180,811.502026-10-14
Greg Plucinski (R)$746,261.18$12,123.332026-09-30
Ryan Dotson (R)$567,470.83$1,796.212026-09-30
Deanna Gordon (R)$372,174.06$0.002026-06-30
Erin Petrey (D)$268,179.78$3,960.982026-09-30
David Kloiber (D)$200,851.47$23,291.492026-04-29

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLean ROctober 20, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLean ROctober 9, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsTilt ROctober 15, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RSeptember 29, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)October 19–20, 2026572 (LV)–Ralph Alvarado 41% · Zach Dembo 47%
DCCC (D)October 2–5, 2026606 (LV)± 4.0%Ralph Alvarado 40% · Zach Dembo 46%
Change Research (D)September 29 – October 5, 2026524 (LV)± 4.4%Ralph Alvarado 38% · Zach Dembo 47%
Lake Research Partners (D)September 30 – October 4, 2026400 (LV)–Ralph Alvarado 40% · Zach Dembo 47%
GQR (D)September 25–30, 2026401 (LV)± 4.9%Ralph Alvarado 37% · Zach Dembo 42%
Lake Research Partners (D)August 17–23, 2026400 (LV)± 4.0%Ralph Alvarado 44% · Zach Dembo 45%

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: CHERLYNN 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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