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Michael Faris

Running for U.S. Senate — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$62K

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Michael Faris is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $61,530 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

Michael Faris is a Republican who ran for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky in 2026 (FEC ID S6KY00260). Born in Corydon, Indiana and raised in Sonora, Kentucky, he graduated from Central Hardin High School and earned an Air Force military citation from the Community College of the Air Force in 2005. An Air Force veteran, he is president of PRIMEHAWX, LLC, an aviation maintenance business in Elizabethtown, and filed his candidacy on December 15, 2025, having held no prior elected office. He lost the May 19, 2026 Republican primary with 2.6% of the vote (7,118 votes) to Andy Barr (59.6%) and Daniel Cameron (31.6%), and did not advance to the general election.

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82% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.

$62K

Total raised

$78K

Total spent

$-16841

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$44K · 71%
Small dollar donations <$200$7K · 11%
PAC contributions$1K · 2%
Candidate self-funding$10K · 17%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-03-31 · Source: FEC