Kentucky 2nd District
Brett Guthrie (R) holds this seat and is running again. 3 candidates were on the ballot on November 3, 2026.
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Brett Guthrie
Republican · holds this seat today
ALiberty Score AOn the liberty side in 120 of 125 votes and bills.
Raised $5,986,647 since January 2025: 56% from PACs and other committees, 30% from people, 13% transfers and other income. The filing at FEC.gov
Megan Wingfield
Democrat · mechanic and activist from Bowling Green
No gradeNo grade yetI have no votes in Congress to count for Wingfield, and what Wingfield has said and done settles only 1 of my principles. I went through it on October 26. A grade needs 4.
Raised $9,584 since January 2025: 99% from people, 1% from the party. The filing at FEC.gov
Voting in Kentucky: how to register, vote early or vote by mail. Election Day was November 3.
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A solid letter is a grade from recorded votes on that principle. An outlined letter is on the same scale, for a candidate with no votes: it comes from what that candidate has said and done, and every source is listed below.
Megan Wingfield, on the record
I have no votes in Congress to count for Wingfield, so the grade above comes from this list: what Wingfield has said and done on my principles. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes.
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In a local TV interview she said she supports a nationwide moratorium on data centers.
“Beyond the data center conversation, I support a moratorium nationwide, he does not.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
A nationwide moratorium on an industry is more regulation, the opposite of the less-regulation rule of the free markets test.
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Her platform page says she supports Medicare for All as part of a people-first economy.
“expanding affordable housing programs and supporting Medicare for All to ease financial burdens.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Medicare for All is government-run health care for all, which this measure counts as the against side.
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Her platform page says corporations and the ultra-wealthy should pay their fair share of taxes, naming no tax or rate.
“corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
Higher taxes would be the against side, but with no tax or rate named the words do not settle it.
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Her platform page backs nationwide protections for transgender and non-binary people, including accurate gender markers on IDs.
“nationwide protections for transgender and non-binary individuals, including the right to accurate gender markers on IDs”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
The page does not name sport, prisons or schools, which are what this measure turns on, so it is shown but not counted.
Also on the ballot
Thomas Loecken (Independent).
Who is on the ballot: the state election offices, as listed on Wikipedia on November 3, 2026, checked against the candidate file of the Federal Election Commission. See a name that is wrong or missing? Say so in the discussion.
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