Charles (Bruiser) Martin

Running for this seat

• Registered a campaign committee: Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, June 12, 2026

Not on the ballot yet: the official list comes from Kentucky Secretary of State. How we list candidates.

Background

Distiller; works for Airgas

Clay County, Kentucky, native who set a state record playing football for Clay County High School. He is a former coal miner and won the "Master Distiller" title on the Discovery Channel show Moonshiners: Master Distiller.

Left–right placement

No published research score covers Charles (Bruiser) Martin yet, so we don't place them on the spectrum.

Sources

• wymt.com/2022/12/18/what-i-make-aint-your-papaws-cough-syrup-eky-man-n
• secure.kentucky.gov/kref/publicsearch/CandidateSearch?ElectionDate=5%2