Harold Rogers
RIncumbentR · incumbent
Incumbent leans on PAC money. 38% from PACs and 49% from individuals.
49% individuals38% PACs13% other
$826K
raised
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Kentucky · U.S. House · District 05 · 2026
Kentucky District 05 House race
General election in 53 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · Kentucky District 05 House race
Harold Rogers has raised more than 5 times the next candidate.
Candidates in the Kentucky District 05 House race, 2026 report raising $1.2M between them. Harold Rogers reports $826,399 and Ned Pillersdorf reports $182,256, a gap of $644,143. Of what Harold Rogers reports, 49% came from individuals and 38% 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.
NP
Ned Pillersdorf
DD · challenger
Still has cash to spend. $91K on hand from $182K raised.
65% individuals0% PACs35% other
$182K
raised
KS
Kevin Smith
RR · challenger
61% from individuals, 4% from PACs, and 35% from other sources.
61% individuals4% PACs35% other
$140K
raised
MW
Mikel Wein
II · challenger
Still has cash to spend. $2K on hand from $2K raised.
9% individuals0% PACs91% other
$2K
raised
Where the money came from
$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.
Defense & Aerospace$60K
Small donors & unclassified$43K
Sports, Media & Entertainment$8K
Ideological / Leadership$6K
Tech & Telecom$5K
Biggest itemized outside spenders
- BLUE ORIGIN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLUE ORIGIN PAC) · pac$10K
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC · pac$10K
- EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY AEROSPACE EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GE AEROSPACE PAC) · pac$10K
- KBR, INC. PAC · pac$10K
- OSI SYSTEMS INC PAC OSI PAC · pac$10K
- THE BOEING COMPANY PAC · company$10K
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$8K
PACs vs the people
This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.
28%53%19%
28% PACs53% individuals19% other
The incumbent's record
Harold Rogers is the linked incumbent for this race.
Net worth (2024)
$3.1M
$1.5M+. down $559K since 2009.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
1
Current full committee seats on file.
Where they sit
- House Committee on Appropriations
Who funds them
This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.
Defense & Aerospace$60K
Small donors & unclassified$43K
Sports, Media & Entertainment$8K
Ideological / Leadership$6K
Tech & Telecom$5K
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
Harold Rogers R · incumbent | vs | NP Ned Pillersdorf D · challenger |
|---|---|---|
| $826K | Raised | $182K |
| $875K | Cash on hand | $91K |
| 38% | From PACs | 0% |
| 49% | From individuals | 65% |
| Defense & Aerospace | Top donor sector | Too few to rank |
| Yes | Incumbent | No |