Megan Wingfield, a Democrat and mechanic, is her party's nominee for Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in 2026, challenging Republican incumbent Brett Guthrie in the November 3 general election.
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2026 race
Megan Wingfield, a mechanic, is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 election for Kentucky's 2nd congressional district, which is located in west central Kentucky and includes Bowling Green, Owensboro, Elizabethtown and a portion of eastern Louisville.
The incumbent is Republican Brett Guthrie, who was re-elected in 2024 with 73.1% of the vote.
Wingfield won a four-way Democratic primary with 40.7% of the vote, ahead of Hank Linderman, the party's nominee for the district in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024, who took 20.9%, as well as David Hatfield and Plum Springs city commissioner William Compton.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Guthrie and independent candidate Thomas A. Loecken.