KY teachers PAC donated to conservative group to try to influence GOP primaries

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 836

Last Updated: 1 day, 9 hours ago

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The Jefferson County Teachers Association’s PAC donated $200,000 to a pro-Republican PAC in the May primary. Now, the same conservative PAC is running attack ads against candidates endorsed by the teachers union.

Federal Election Commission records show JCTA’s PAC, Better Schools Kentucky, donated the funds to the Commonwealth Conservative Coalition on April 1, ahead of Kentucky’s primary elections. Other donations to the coalition at the time included $250,000 from GOPAC …

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