Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Hank Linderman

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Kentucky District 2
Filing address
Falls of Rough, KY (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
LINDERMAN, HANK
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 H8KY02080 · Principal campaign committee: HANK 4 KY

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Kentucky District 2$3,800.00Lost primary
2023–2024U.S. House · Kentucky District 2$41,067.58Lost the general election (26.9%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Kentucky District 2$87,461.23Lost the general election (28.1%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Kentucky District 2$93,387.97Lost the general election (26.3%)
Total raised$3,800.00
Total spent$23,339.06
Cash on hand$2,023.02
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: $3,800.00
  • Individual contributions$3,800.00100%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$300.008%
  • Contributions over $200$3,500.0092%
  • Itemized from inside Kentucky$2,000.0057%
  • Itemized from other states$1,500.0043%

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

Raised and spent over time

$20K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $1,069.28JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,177.46OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $3,514.85YEAR-END: raised $0.00YEAR-END: spent $1,858.20APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $10,006.41PRE-PRIMARY: raised $3,800.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $5,712.86JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.002025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

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

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Hank Linderman (D)$3,800.00$2,023.022026-09-30
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
William Dakota Compton (D)$71,464.46$420.942026-09-30
Megan Wingfield (D)$9,584.49$1,270.592026-10-14
Joshua M Ferguson (R)$7,078.77$65.002026-04-29

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: HANK 4 KY.
  • 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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