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U.S. House District 2 — Kentucky 2026
3 candidates on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot (official Kentucky Secretary of State filings, as of October 30, 2026). Grades reflect each candidate's public record on life, family, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, limited government and fiscal responsibility.
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Candidates
FMegan WingfieldDemocratic
Democratic nominee for U.S. House District 2.
Campaign platform supports abortion rights, same-sex marriage codification, Medicare for All and higher taxes on the wealthy; rated F by NRA-PVF and a Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate.
- Life: Campaign platform: 'Protect reproductive freedom and the right to choose.'
- Family: Campaign platform supports codifying same-sex marriage in federal law and nationwide protections for transgender individuals, including gender markers on IDs.
- Religious liberty: No specific position found; Democrat; iVoterGuide rates Liberal.
- 2nd Amendment: Rated F by NRA-PVF for 2026 and listed as a 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate.
- Limited gov’t: Campaign platform backs Medicare for All.
- Fiscal: Campaign platform calls for 'tax equity' in which corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay more, plus expanded spending on child care and housing programs.
AS. Brett GuthrieRepublican
U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 2nd District (since 2009) and House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman; Republican.
Rated A+ by SBA Pro-Life America and A (endorsed) by NRA-PVF, endorsed by Kentucky Right to Life Victory PAC, and voted the conservative side on House marriage, sports, regulation and tax votes.
- Life: Rated A+ by SBA Pro-Life America; endorsed by Kentucky Right to Life Victory PAC (2026); voted yes on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (2023 and 2025).
- Family: Voted no on the Respect for Marriage Act (July and December 2022) and yes on H.R. 734 (2023) and H.R. 28 (2025).
- Religious liberty: No specific position found; Republican; iVoterGuide rates Conservative.
- 2nd Amendment: Rated A and endorsed by NRA-PVF for 2026; voted no on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (2022).
- Limited gov’t: Voted yes on the REINS Act (H.R. 277, 2023).
- Fiscal: Voted yes on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025).
DThomas A. LoeckenIndependent
Independent candidate for U.S. House District 2.
Graded from his iVoterGuide questionnaire answers: split on life, marriage and guns, opposed on religious liberty and the Department of Education, mostly conservative on fiscal questions.
- Life: iVoterGuide answers split: strongly agreed life deserves protection from conception and embryos should be protected, would allow abortion for the mother's life and rape, strongly agreed abortion providers should get taxpayer funds, and strongly disagreed with enforcing the Comstock Act.
- Family: iVoterGuide answers split: strongly agreed transitioning a child is child abuse, strongly disagreed that marriage is one man and one woman, neutral on women's sports.
- Religious liberty: iVoterGuide: strongly agreed that individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it violates their beliefs.
- 2nd Amendment: iVoterGuide: gun ownership should depend on 'the mental capacity of all those within the household.'
- Limited gov’t: iVoterGuide: strongly disagreed with eliminating the U.S. Department of Education; says all states should fall under it.
- Fiscal: iVoterGuide: strongly agreed free enterprise is essential and government should cut spending, but strongly agreed those who can afford it should pay more taxes.
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