Kentucky Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2017-2018 Election Cycle

Updated on January 26, 2025.

According to FEC data, in the 2017-2018 election cycle, among all individual political campaign donors in Kentucky who donated to federal candidates, political parties, PACs and 527 organizations, HELM, NELSON JR. was the highest campaign donor, donating a total of $375.92K. JONES, DAVID was the second highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $207.12K; and HELM, SUSAN was the third highest political campaign donor, donating a total of $175.80K.

The chart below shows the top 10 highest individual political campaign donors, and the table below shows the top 100.

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You can also see details of individual campaign donations made by all individuals in Kentucky.

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Kentucky Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2017-2018 Election Cycle
HELM, NELSON JR.
JONES, DAVID
HELM, SUSAN
BROWN, CHRISTINA
JONES, DAVID A.
HELM, NELSON
FORCHT, TERRY E.
LYONS, TOM
BARZUN, MATTHEW
BROWN, W.L. LYONS
Kentucky Top Federal Political Campaign Donors in the 2017-2018 Election Cycle
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Name Amount ($)
HELM, NELSON JR. 375920
JONES, DAVID 207115
HELM, SUSAN 175800
BROWN, CHRISTINA 173650
JONES, DAVID A. 150600
HELM, NELSON 145952
FORCHT, TERRY E. 105100
LYONS, TOM 104898
BARZUN, MATTHEW 104550
BROWN, W.L. LYONS 100000
BUTLER, MICHAEL 88875
HELM, SUSAN M 86000
GOODMAN, H. GREG 80000
GRAY, JIM 73400
BROWN, GEORGE GARVIN IV 73000
FORCHT, TERRY E. MR. 70600
BARZUN, BROOKE 70200
KOHLHEPP, ROBERT 70000
LYONS, TOM WALLACE 61225
BARNETT, C C 60950
GRIMES, ALISON LUNDERGAN 60643
MASSON, DAVID R 60000
MANCHIKANTI, LAXMAIAH 59117
BECK, ANGELA 58700
SEAMAN, DIANE 57925
THOMAS, TAD 55184
BARZUN, BROOKE BROWN 49300
LORD, SAMUEL L. 47879
HELM, NELSON MR. , JR. 47110
GULLETT, KATHLEEN 45979
BONNIE, CORNELIA W 45050
CARTER, NICK 43870
FORCHT, TERRY 42825
GOODMAN, H. GREG MR. 42500
LYONS, TOM W 38457
WARD, JASPER 37278
BUTLER, MARY SUE MRS. 35000
BROWN, CHRISTINA LEE 34149
BUTLER, WILLIAM P. 33100
BROWN, GARVIN 32800
HOLLAND, AUGUSTA 32700
MERRICK, STEPHEN D. 32500
MCCARTHY, JOHN MR. 32300
BECK, EMMA 31600
PRICE, CHARLES 31500
BROWN, J. MCCAULEY 31450
BROWN, OWSLEY III 30800
COATES, SPENCER 30000
WILSON, STEVE 27450
MARTIN, BETSY 26761
BROWN III, OWSLEY 26700
BARZUN, MATTHEW W. 26400
CONWAY, F. THOMAS 26200
BARRON, WILLIAM G. 26000
FRAZIER, JEAN W. 26000
BROWN, G. GARVIN IV 25400
ODONNELL-SCHUSTER, SHEILA 25151
LYON, JOANN 24600
WILLIS, ANISA 24600
CAMPBELL, STEPHEN 24500
PRICE, CHARLES E 23950
COATES, SPENCER A. 23720
MCCARTHY, JOHN T. 23700
BROWN, LAURA LEE 23500
DIAZ, PAUL 23500
THORNTON, MATTHEW A, 23500
BROWN, J. MCCAULEY MR. 23300
FORCHT, MARION 23300
MANCHIKANTI, CHANDRAKALA 23100
WYNNE, THOMAS M. 23100
RUST, MICHAEL T. 23000
CORRELL, JESS 22700
NOLAN, JAMES C. 22500
MANCHIKANTI, LAXMAIAH DR. 22100
HARSHAW, FRANK 22000
WHITEHOUSE, DAVID 22000
SPARKS, ALICE 21910
NICHOLS, JD 21700
BENTLEY, JASON R. 21295
JENNINGS, PATRICK 21250
DEKNATEL, ELIZABETH 21200
HUNT, WAYNE 21000
KOHLHEPP, LINDA 21000
HOLLAND, GILL 20900
DEVER, MICHAEL 20600
VICARS, POLLY 20350
ABELL, KELLEY E. 20000
BOYD, JAMES R. 20000
BROWN, EILEEN COOKE 20000
COLVIN, GARREN 20000
CORRELL, ANGELA 20000
FORCHT, MARION C. 20000
JONES, DAVID A. SR. 20000
MCCARTHY, CYNTHIA L. 20000
MCCARTHY, JOHN T. III 20000
MITCHELL, CLARENCE E. 20000
THORNTON, MATT A. 20000
TOEBBEN, MATTHEW 20000
WICKLIFFE, AMY D. 20000
WILBURN, SHERRY 20000