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Money
$567.5K raised, $565.7K spent, $1.8K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
48% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 84% from Kentucky · largest committee giver NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, $5K
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$567.5K
$567,471
Spent
$565.7K
$565,675
Cash on hand
$1.8K
$1,796
FEC filings, Apr 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00903211 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
100¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 7 reports ($565.7K of $567.6K). Cash on hand went from $94.2K on Jun 30, 2025 to $1.8K on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$200K$400K
Jun ’25
Sep ’25
Dec ’25
Mar ’26
Apr ’26
Jun ’26
Sep ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025
$95,675
$1,476
$94,199
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$228,793
$13,297
$309,695
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$92,416
$71,017
$331,094
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$100,200
$135,624
$295,671
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Apr 29, 2026
$35,436
$122,926
$208,180
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$15,056
$219,971
$3,266
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$0
$1,364
$1,796
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $567,471 reported receipts
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LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$260,00046%
Who lent it
Ryan Dotsonthe candidate’s own money · lent Sep 29, 2025 · $163K not yet repaid$200,000
Each loan as the campaign’s report through Sep 30, 2026 lists it, with what is still owed. A loan from an earlier cycle can appear here, and one repaid in full drops off the report, so the list need not add up to the row.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$153,24027%
Largest donors
Patrick Lager3 contributions, latest Dec 1, 2025 · FINANCE MANAGER · BLAZE ENTERPRISES LLC · MOUNT STERLING, KY$3,520
John A. PirtleOne contribution on Jul 25, 2025 · BUSINESS OWNER · JP PIRTLE REAL ESTATE · LOUISVILLE, KY$3,500
Dinah G. SmithOne contribution on Dec 31, 2025 · RETIRED · NONE · GRAY, KY$3,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 451 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $150.6K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$139,93825%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$13,4002.4%
The 2 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 2 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $6K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$8560.2%
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$38<0.1%
Total reported receipts $567,471
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $150,578 placed by state
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under $5.1K
$5.1K+
$20.3K+
$45.7K+
$81.2K+
none
Outlined: Kentucky, home state
Home state and away
Kentucky 84%KY 84%Elsewhere 16%
84% of the money placed by state came from inside Kentucky: $126.9K of $150.6K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Kentucky home160 contributions · 84%
$126,930
Texas122 contributions · 4.1%
$6,164
Florida48 contributions · 2.1%
Money from groups, by interest $6,000
What the committees giving to Dotson’s campaign or spending on ads about Dotson are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Dotson $6,000
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$6KTap a slice
Developers, brokers, landlords and home builders, with their PACs and trade groups.$5K83%
Unions of airline, rail, trucking, transit and maritime workers, including the Teamsters.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$1K17%
“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
Outside spending $14,353,022 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
RRalph A. Alvarado22 groups▲Supporting $4M▼Opposing $4.5MTotal $8.5M
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $14.1M traced back through the groups that spent it
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 41% to named individuals, 38% to organizations, 8.4% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 13% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
Better World Civic TrustOrganization · behind Kentuckians Not Corruption and HMP and 1 more
$852.4K
Jeff YassPerson · Managing Director, Susquehanna International GRP · behind Protect Freedom PAC and NO Going Back PAC Inc. and 2 more
The campaign also refunded $3,207 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$291,43863%
Filed as
STRATEGIC CONSULTING$198,932
STRATEGY CONSULTING$64,884
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$27,622
Paid to
Nash, Nick$99,193
Strategy Management$98,955
Ionizing Strategies LLC$64,884
Professional Data Services, Inc$27,622
ROE Strategic LLC$784
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Nash, Nick18 payments · 18% of all spending
$99,193
Strategy Management5 payments · 17% of all spending
$98,955
Frontline Strategies Agency24 payments · 12% of all spending
$66,140
Ionizing Strategies LLC31 payments · 11% of all spending
$64,884
Frontline Strategies LLC32 payments · 11% of all spending
$64,036
Professional Data Services, Inc10 payments · 4.9% of all spending
$27,622
Abba Promotions6 payments · 1.5% of all spending
$8,361
WinRed Technical Services32 payments · 1.3% of all spending
$7,323
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
EndorsementsWho does Dotson’s campaign say backs them?
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$3,146
Washington4 contributions · 1.3%
$1,975
Alabama3 contributions · 1.2%
$1,760
Tennessee10 contributions · 1.1%
$1,586
North Dakota7 contributions · 0.9%
$1,412
California24 contributions · 0.7%
$1,020
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 27 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 21 contributions · 11% of ranked
$10,617
AYA Healthcare3 contributions · 7.4% of ranked
$7,000
Whitaker Bank2 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$4,020
Blaze Enterprises LLC3 contributions · 3.7% of ranked
$3,520
Dairy Queen1 contribution · 3.7% of ranked
$3,500
JP Pirtle Real Estate1 contribution · 3.7% of ranked
$3,500
Quality Coal LLC1 contribution · 3.7% of ranked
$3,500
Montgomery County Board Of ED1 contribution · 3.6% of ranked
$3,400
A further $55,530 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($139,938) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 303 contributions · 31% of ranked
$43,944
Business Owner24 contributions · 17% of ranked
$24,548
Attorney7 contributions · 5.2% of ranked
$7,500
MRI Technician3 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$7,000
Teacher3 contributions · 4.1% of ranked
$5,900
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 4 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$3,760
Finance Manager3 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$3,520
Franchise Owner1 contribution · 2.4% of ranked
$3,500
A further $7,576 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($139,938) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$14,353,022 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Dotson’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Dotsonunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Person · Chairman, Hendricks Holding Co Inc. · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and Maga Inc.
$349.7K
American Prosperity AllianceOrganization · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc.
$312K
Miriam O. AdelsonPerson · Director of Community Development, LAS Vegas Sands Corp. · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and CLF and 1 more
$310.6K
Gemini Trust Co.Organization · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and Maga Inc.
$284.8K
Securing American Greatness, Inc.Organization · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and Maga Inc.
$248.2K
With Honor Action, Inc.Organization · behind Servant-Leader Fund, Inc.
$223.8K
Miguel BezosPerson · Retired · behind Servant-Leader Fund, Inc.
$215.7K
Read for the 19 largest groups of 28, 98% of the $14.4M spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$147,71532%
Filed as
DIGITAL MARKETING$132,532
ADVERTISING$15,182
Paid to
Frontline Strategies Agency$66,140
Frontline Strategies LLC$64,036
Abba Promotions$8,361
Facebook$3,581
Town Money Saver-TOY$2,990
Hickory Data LLC$2,283
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$8,5891.9%
Filed as
CC TRANSACTION FEES$8,089
FILING FEE$500
Paid to
WinRed Technical Services$7,323
Anedot$766
State Board of Elections$500
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$5,5181.2%
Filed as
OUTREACH$4,380
FACILITIES RENTAL$638
IN-KIND - CUSTOM KOOZIES$500
Paid to
Fisher, Wanda$1,005
Fisher, Steve$855
Bluegrass Community & Technical College$638
Dunn, Suzanne$570
Wendesten, Shana$500
Dunn, Leon$458
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$3,0090.7%
Filed as
IN-KIND - THE EXCHANGE PUB EVENT CATERING$1,227
EVENT TICKETS$1,000
IN-KIND - CATERING EVENT$466
IN-KIND - CATERING EXPENSE$316
Paid to
Mcfarland, RUE O$1,227
The Republican Party of Fayette County$1,000
Dotson, Diane$466
Patton, Shaunna$316
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$2,0920.5%
Filed as
IN-KIND - FACILITY RENTAL$1,465
OFFICE SUPPLIES$377
FACILITY RENTAL$250
Paid to
Espinosa, David$1,465
Rural King$377
Lighthouse World Outreach Center$250
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$1,8000.4%
Filed as
POLLING$1,800
Paid to
Insider Management Group, LLC$1,800
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$9950.2%
Filed as
IN-KIND - LODGING$743
TRAVEL EXPENSE$252
Paid to
Dotson, Ryan$743
Love's$252
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$229<0.1%
Filed as
WEB HOSTING$229
Paid to
Squarespace$229
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$113<0.1%
Filed as
IN-KIND - SHIPPING$113
Paid to
Dotson, Ryan$113
Total itemized disbursements $461,497
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
All 250 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
1 payment was reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $500 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.