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Joel Willett

Running for U.S. Senate — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$350K

Source: FEC

Top PAC industries

Labor Unions

By PAC dollars · Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Joel Willett is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $350,036 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. The largest identified industry source of PAC money to the campaign is Labor Unions. 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.

Joel Willett is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky in the 2026 election, running for the seat held by Mitch McConnell. A Louisville native, Willett, 41, joined the Kentucky Army National Guard at 17 in the months after the September 11, 2001 attacks and later served in the Army's Military Police Corps. He subsequently served as a CIA officer, including a detail to the White House Situation Room, and worked as a business executive, including as president of a consumer electronics manufacturing business and CEO of an engineering services firm. He has not previously run for public office.

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$350K

Total raised

$321K

Total spent

$29K

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$89K · 25%
Small dollar donations <$200$56K · 16%
PAC contributions$5K · 1%
Loans and other receipts$200K · 57%

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 2025-12-31 · Source: FEC