2026 general election
Kentucky 4th District
The candidate who raised the most money won. · Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.
$4.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Kentucky 4th District race: $4.3M raised by the campaigns, $199K of it from PACs, plus $35K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Ed Gallrein (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
$4.3M
Receipts + outside spending
$4.3M
Raised by campaigns
$199K
PAC checks
$35K
Outside money
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Ed GallreinRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $4.1M
- Spent
- $3.7M
- From individuals
- $3.9M
- From PACs
- $197K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $35K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 5% of Gallrein's money came from PACs
Trade group $20K (12%)Leadership PAC $48K (29%)Membership $68K (41%)Super PAC $10K (6%)Other $22K (13%)
- Republican Jewish Coalition Membership$54K
- Building America's Republican Representation PAC Leadership PAC$9K
- Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America Trade group$5K
- Sun Political Action Committee Other$5K
- Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC Super PAC$5K
- Send in the Seal PAC Other$5K
- Pfluger Victory Fund Leadership PAC$5K
- American Revival PAC Other$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- Save American Freedom · $35K supporting
Melissa StrangeDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $157K
- Spent
- $123K
- From individuals
- $136K
- From PACs
- $1K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $20K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Jeremy ToddLibertarian
✗ Lost- Raised
- $31K
- Spent
- $27K
- From individuals
- $29K
- From PACs
- $750
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $1K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 2% of Todd's money came from PACs
Other $750 (100%)
- Abolish Abortion PAC Other$750
Outside groups in this race
Who was loudest
Each group's share of all the money in the contest it entered: every candidate's receipts plus all outside spending. Primaries and the general are separate contests.
- Republican primary · mostly attacking$7.5M
- Republican primary · mostly attacking$6.7M
- Republican primary · mostly attacking$4.2M
- Republican primary · mostly supporting$3.9M
- Republican primary · mostly supporting$1.5M
- Republican primary · mostly supporting$1.0M
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2026 Kentucky 4th District race?
- $4.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Kentucky 4th District race: $4.3M raised by the campaigns, $199K of it from PACs, plus $35K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Ed Gallrein (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2026 Kentucky 4th District race?
- Ed Gallrein (Republican) raised $4.1M and had $35K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2026 Kentucky 4th District race?
- Save American Freedom ($35K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2026 Kentucky 4th District race?
- Republican Jewish Coalition Political Action Committee (Rjc-PAC) gave $54K to Ed Gallrein; Building America's Republican Representation PAC gave $9K to Ed Gallrein; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America PAC (US Chamber PAC) gave $5K to Ed Gallrein.