PACs spent millions to sway voters in competitive Kentucky House and legislative seats

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: November 9, 2026

Words: 1,061

Last Updated: 4 hours, 54 minutes ago

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In an unusually expensive race in a Central Kentucky U.S. House District, a Democratic PAC, Kentuckians Not Corruption, spent millions in cash on ads supporting now Congressman-elect Zach Dembo as a way to offset spending by President Donald Trump’s political arm.

By the general election, independent expenditures from PACs, or political action committees, ballooned to just over $14 million in the 6th Congressional District, federal finance records showed last week. The PAC …

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