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Kentucky District 05 candidates

Updated October 24, 2026

Kentucky District 05 roster

Kentucky District 05 lists 10 public candidate profiles.

1 certified roster row for Kentucky District 05 did not match a public profile.

Party counts

Republican: 6
Independent: 3
Democratic: 1

Office counts

U.S. House: 10

Candidates

Candidate	Party	Ballot status	Profile status	Race status	Election system	FEC candidate id	Cycle	Sourced claims	Valid citations	Primary sources	Latest source	First seen	Last seen	Roster source	Document date	Retrieved
Benjamin Lee Ruvolo-Hurley	Republican	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H6KY05186	2026	3	3	3	October 6, 2026	May 7, 2026	October 6, 2026
Billy Ray Wilson	Independent	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H2KY05136	2026	3	3	3	October 6, 2026	May 7, 2026	October 6, 2026	web.sos.ky.gov	October 17, 2026	October 17, 2026
Brandon Monhollen	Republican	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H2KY05169	2026	5	5	5	October 6, 2026	May 7, 2026	October 6, 2026
Gerardo Serrano	Independent	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H2KY05185	2026	3	3	3	October 6, 2026	May 8, 2026	October 6, 2026	web.sos.ky.gov	October 17, 2026	October 17, 2026
Hal Rogers	Republican													web.sos.ky.gov	October 17, 2026	October 17, 2026
Harold Dallas Rogers	Republican	incumbent	Active candidate	discovered	other	H0KY05015	2026	4,028	4,028	4,028	October 24, 2026	May 7, 2026	October 6, 2026
Jacob Trimble	Republican	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H6KY05160	2026	2	2	2	October 6, 2026	May 7, 2026	October 6, 2026
Jameson Kyle Huff	Republican	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H6KY05145	2026	2	2	2	October 6, 2026	May 7, 2026	October 6, 2026
Kevin Smith	Republican	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H6KY05194	2026	60	60	60	October 6, 2026	May 7, 2026	October 6, 2026
Mikel Wein	Independent	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H6KY05202	2026	4	4	4	October 6, 2026	May 7, 2026	October 6, 2026	web.sos.ky.gov	October 17, 2026	October 17, 2026
Ned Pillersdorf	Democratic	challenger	Active candidate	discovered	other	H6KY05152	2026	46	46	46	October 6, 2026	May 5, 2026	October 6, 2026	web.sos.ky.gov	October 17, 2026	October 17, 2026

Election dates

Certified 2026 general-election list for Kentucky District 05: 5 rows from web.sos.ky.gov. Document date October 17, 2026. Retrieved October 17, 2026.

Stored fields

Stored status "challenger" is on file for 9 profiles, including Benjamin Lee Ruvolo-Hurley, Billy Ray Wilson, Brandon Monhollen, Gerardo Serrano, Jacob Trimble, Jameson Kyle Huff, Kevin Smith, and Mikel Wein, and 1 more.
Stored status "incumbent" is on file for Harold Dallas Rogers.
An FEC candidate id is stored for 10 profiles, including Benjamin Lee Ruvolo-Hurley, Billy Ray Wilson, Brandon Monhollen, Gerardo Serrano, Harold Dallas Rogers, Jacob Trimble, Jameson Kyle Huff, and Kevin Smith, and 2 more.
10 of 10 profiles with a list-index row have a sourced-claim count above zero.
Cycle year 2026 is on file for 10 profiles.
Source times on file run from October 6, 2026 to October 24, 2026.
10 profiles have a stored summary.
1 profile has a photo on file.
10 profiles have the stored legacy-profile flag.
Profile record updates on this page run from October 6, 2026 to October 18, 2026.

Adjacent districts

District 04 10 profiles on that district hub.
District 06 14 profiles on that district hub.

Related hubs

Kentucky candidates 474 profiles in the public state counts.
Kentucky U.S. House 253 profiles on that race hub.

Sources

2026 certified nominees 5 rows for Kentucky District 05 are in the certified 2026 general-election dataset.
Research methodology Kentucky District 05 cites 10 FEC candidate ids, 10 stored source times, and 5 certified roster rows.
Trust and corrections Corrections for public records cited on Kentucky District 05.