David Kustoff
U.S. House District 8
2026 general election.
Incumbents
Challengers
Campaign finance
Federal Election Commission filings for the 2026 two-year cycle. Candidates appear in the order they are listed on this page. They are not ranked by money, and these measures are never combined into a single score.
Every candidate below reports through Jul 17, 2026, except where a row says otherwise.
| Candidate | Total receipts | Cash on hand | Direct PAC receipts |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Kustoff Republican incumbent | $2,232,874 | $3,006,838 | $1,028,850 |
| Horace Taylor Independent FEC data through Jun 30, 2026 | $2,164 | $805 | $0 |
| Heidi Kuhn Democratic | $39,805 | $13,478 | $1,500 |
Each measure below has its own scale and starts at zero, so bars can be read against each other within a measure but not across measures. Each candidate's own coverage end date is in the table above.
Total receipts
Everything the authorized campaign committee took in, including contributions, loans, and transfers.
Highest total receipts: David Kustoff at $2,232,874. Lowest: Horace Taylor at $2,164. The largest reported value sets this scale at $2,232,874.
Cash on hand
The balance the campaign reported at the end of its coverage period.
Highest cash on hand: David Kustoff at $3,006,838. Lowest: Horace Taylor at $805. The largest reported value sets this scale at $3,006,838.
Direct PAC receipts
Money the campaign received from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.
Highest direct PAC receipts: David Kustoff at $1,028,850. Lowest: Horace Taylor at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,028,850.
Outside spending supporting
Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate, not coordinated with the campaign and never received by it.
Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending supporting. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.
Outside spending opposing
Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.
Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending opposing. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.
Where each campaign's committee money came from
Each column is one candidate and each figure is that candidate's own money, taken over that candidate's own itemized total. Nothing here is added across candidates, and the two groupings below are never added to each other: the first is who the FEC says runs the giving committee, which covers every dollar, and the second is what interest a source says that committee advances, which is a claim MyRepTracker makes and covers only part of the money.
Contributions each campaign received, by who runs the committee
| Category | David Kustoff Republican |
|---|---|
| Corporate PACs | $564,50054.6% |
| Trade association PACs | $282,00027.3% |
| Membership organization PACs | $81,0007.8% |
| Non-connected committees | $33,2503.2% |
| Corporations without capital stock | $30,0002.9% |
| Leadership PACs | $25,0002.4% |
| Other candidates' committees | $12,0001.2% |
| Labor union PACs | $5,5000.5% |
| Cooperative PACs | $1,5000.1% |
| Itemized total | $1,034,750 |
Contributions each campaign received, by interest advanced
| Category | David Kustoff Republican |
|---|---|
| Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate | $160,50016.1% |
| Construction Construction | $58,0005.8% |
| Hospitals and nursing homes Health | $54,5005.5% |
| Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate | $54,0005.4% |
| Food and beverage Agriculture | $51,0005.1% |
| Agribusiness Agriculture | $48,5004.9% |
| Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate | $42,5004.3% |
| Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate | $33,0003.3% |
| Automotive Transportation | $32,5003.3% |
| Health insurance Health | $31,0003.1% |
| Pharmaceuticals Health | $23,5002.4% |
| Trucking Transportation | $20,0002.0% |
| Telecommunications Communications and technology | $17,5001.8% |
| Technology Communications and technology | $15,0001.5% |
| Defense Defense | $12,5001.3% |
| Electric utilities Energy and natural resources | $12,0001.2% |
| Physicians and medical specialties Health | $12,0001.2% |
| Air transport Transportation | $9,5001.0% |
| Accounting Professional services | $7,5000.8% |
| Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate | $5,0000.5% |
| Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue | $5,0000.5% |
| Mining Energy and natural resources | $3,5000.4% |
| Public sector unions Labor | $3,5000.4% |
| Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue | $2,5000.3% |
| Media and entertainment Communications and technology | $1,5000.2% |
| Industrial unions Labor | $1,0000.1% |
| Committees not yet categorized | $280,75028.1% |
| Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees | $37,000 |
| Itemized total | $1,034,750 |
These candidates are compared in the table above but have no stored breakdown of where their committee money came from, so they are named here rather than shown as a column of zeroes.
- Horace Taylor: no breakdown is stored for this record yet
- Heidi Kuhn: no breakdown is stored for this record yet
Last-minute contributions reported before an election
Within 48 hours of receiving a contribution or loan of $1,000 or more in the days just before an election, a campaign must notify the FEC. These notices are provisional: the same money appears again in the regular report covering those days, so it is not added to the amounts above and is not compared as a measure. Candidates file them only while their own election is close, so an absence here says nothing about a campaign's fundraising.
| Candidate | Reported on notices | Notices | Covers | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Kustoff Republican | $57,500 | 6 | Jul 19 to Aug 3, 2026 | $57,500 still provisional |
| Heidi Kuhn Democratic | $1,000 | 1 | Jul 30 to Jul 30, 2026 | $1,000 still provisional |
Candidates not compared
These candidates are left out of the comparison rather than shown as zero, because a missing or partial record is not the same as no money.
- Adam D. Austill (Independent): No FEC data is stored for cycle 2026.
- Antonio Futch (Independent): No FEC data is stored for cycle 2026.
- Wendell Blankenship (Independent): This candidate is not linked to a federal candidate identity, so FEC coverage does not apply.
- Pamela Jeanine Moses (Independent): This candidate is not linked to a federal candidate identity, so FEC coverage does not apply.
- Henry J. Ward, III (Independent): This candidate is not linked to a federal candidate identity, so FEC coverage does not apply.
Direct contributions are money the campaign received. Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with any campaign, and are never added to a candidate's receipts. Source: Federal Election Commission ↗.