2026 federal candidate · official FEC data

Ryan Dotson

Campaign donations, fundraising, spending, and cash on hand from the latest included Federal Election Commission filings.

U.S. House — Kentucky District 6REPOpen seatFEC H6KY06143
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Ryan Dotson raised?

$567,576.21 in total campaign receipts.

$293,320.27 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts$567,576
Total spending$564,310
Cash on hand$3,266

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Office soughtU.S. House · KY-06Federal Election Commission
Filing classificationOpen seatFEC candidate master
Current public officeNo matching current federal roleNo role inferred
Campaign websiteNot listed in a connected official sourceCoverage gap
Experience and education

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Statements and official actions over time

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HousingNo sourced public position located.

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Economy & taxesNo sourced public position located.

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EducationNo sourced public position located.

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Public safetyNo sourced public position located.

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ImmigrationNo sourced public position located.

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Health careNo sourced public position located.

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TransportationNo sourced public position located.

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Energy & climateNo sourced public position located.

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AbortionNo sourced public position located.

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Endorsements

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No sourced public endorsements located.

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Filing-driven activity & election calendar

Ryan Dotson 2026 timeline

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Latest included PAC or party transaction

Most recent itemized direct contribution or coordinated-party-expenditure row involving this candidate in the current FEC transaction release.

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Scheduled primary election

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Latest included campaign summary

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Federal general election

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House Clerk · personal filings

Personal financial disclosure filings

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Campaign money

Ryan Dotson campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$567,576.21All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$293,320.27Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$855.94Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$564,310.14Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$3,266.07Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$163,000.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt-$159,733.93Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores. “Not reported” means the current bulk file contains no summary; it does not mean zero.

Who gave · who spent · what the filing says

PAC contributions and outside spending involving Ryan Dotson

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.

Direct committee contributions$6,000.002 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$0.000 transactions
Direct contribution

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Coordinated party expenditure

Party spending reported in the FEC’s coordinated-expenditure category. It is separate from a direct contribution.

Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Federal committees reporting direct contributions

NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE1 itemized transaction · latest May 8, 2025
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND1 itemized transaction · latest Dec 17, 2025

Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Aug 24, 2026. Committee transactions retain only the latest filing version for stable transaction IDs. Independent-expenditure rows from superseded filings are removed through the FEC previous-filing chain. Memo entries remain included because the FEC bulk-file documentation instructs analysts to include them.

Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through Ryan Dotson

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

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12 months

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

7.6% outside Kentucky
Kentucky117 distinct reported contributors · 160 rows$126,930.0092.4%
Texas8 distinct reported contributors · 120 rows$6,235.004.5%
Florida6 distinct reported contributors · 48 rows$3,146.002.3%
Illinois5 distinct reported contributors · 6 rows$987.000.7%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. The percentages use only the displayed dataset’s publishable, state-coded itemized rows; they are not a percentage of all campaign receipts.

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

3 published categories
Administrative/Salary/Overhead Expenses197 current organization-payment rows$324,362.28
Category not reported5 current organization-payment rows$26,660.28
Travel Expenses2 current organization-payment rows$252.33

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

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Strategy Management5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-13
$98,955.00
Frontline Strategies Agency24 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$66,140.07
Ionizing Strategies LLC31 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-26
$64,884.40
Frontline Strategies LLC32 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-21
$64,036.48
Professional Data Services Incorporated9 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-25
$26,505.18
Abba Promotions6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-25
$8,361.28
Winred Technical Services30 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$7,234.08
Facebook9 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-01
$3,581.01
Town Money Saver Toy3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-09
$2,990.00
Hickory Data LLC4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-25
$2,283.02
Insider Management Group LLC1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-04-27
$1,800.00
Republican Party Of Fayette County Rpfc1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-03-18
$1,000.00
Roe Strategic LLC1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-03-05
$784.00
Anedot36 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-17
$766.01
Bluegrass Community And Technical College1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-06-20
$638.00

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-08-24. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

51.7%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
99.4%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
-$159,733.93Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official record

Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Ryan Dotson
Office sought
U.S. House — Kentucky District 6
Party affiliation
REP
Incumbency
Open seat
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
RYAN DOTSON FOR US CONGRESS
FEC candidate ID
H6KY06143
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