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Kentucky · U.S. House · District 03 · 2026

Kentucky District 03 House race

General election in 51 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · Kentucky District 03 House race

Morgan McGarvey has raised more than 40 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Kentucky District 03 House race, 2026 report raising $1.6M between them. Morgan McGarvey reports $1.5M and Maria Rodriguez reports $38,069, a gap of $1.5M. Of what Morgan McGarvey reports, 62% came from individuals and 36% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Morgan McGarvey

Morgan McGarvey

DIncumbent
D · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 36% from PACs and 62% from individuals.

62% individuals36% PACs2% other
$1.5M
raised
MR

Maria Rodriguez

R
R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 86% from individuals and 14% from PACs.

86% individuals14% PACs0% other
$38K
raised
DP

Donald Pay

R
R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 87% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

87% individuals0% PACs13% other
$3K
raised
OD

Oumou Diallo

I
I · challenger

79% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 21% from other sources.

79% individuals0% PACs21% other
$3K
raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Small donors & unclassified$30K
Banking & Financial$20K
Ideological / Leadership$20K
Health & Pharma$14K
Labor / Unions$10K
Agriculture$10K
Law & Lobbying$9K
Defense & Aerospace$6K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • BLUEWAVEAMERICA · super pac$10K
  • JBS USA FOOD COMPANY PAC · pac$10K
  • UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) · pac$10K
  • SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. PAC (SAZERACPAC) · pac$10K
  • FUTURE FORUM PAC · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) · pac$9K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

35%62%
35% PACs62% individuals3% other

The incumbent's record

Morgan McGarvey is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)
$1.5M
$517K+. up $52K since 2021.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
3
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • House Committee on Small Business
  • House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • House Committee on the Budget

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Small donors & unclassified$30K
Banking & Financial$20K
Ideological / Leadership$20K
Health & Pharma$14K
Labor / Unions$10K
Agriculture$10K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Morgan McGarvey
D · incumbent
Morgan McGarvey
vs
MR
Maria Rodriguez
R · challenger
$1.5M
Raised
$38K
$1.8M
Cash on hand
$16K
36%
From PACs
14%
62%
From individuals
86%
Banking & Financial
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No