Kentucky U.S. House, district 4 · 2026

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Republican

Ed Gallrein

Raised: $4,005,181
From individuals: $3,799,975
From PACs and other committees: $179,630
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $0
Cash on hand: $421,969
Debts: $0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $5,378,133 to support and $7,006,952 to oppose.

KENTUCKY 4TH PACagainst $6.7M
RJC VICTORY FUNDfor $3.5M
MAGA KYfor $1.3M
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')for $579K
HOLD THE LINE PACagainst $285K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICAagainst $24K

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through May 15, 2026.

PAC and committee money

29 committees reported giving $168,127 in all.

REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)$54,398
BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PAC$8,729
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC)$5,000
SUN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC$5,000
SEND IN THE SEAL PAC$5,000
RAPTOR PAC$5,000
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC$5,000

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks

Pro-Israel groupsspent to help $579K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Democrat

Melissa Claire Strange

Raised: $146,121
From individuals: $125,621
From PACs and other committees: $500
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $20,000
Cash on hand: $44,039
Debts: $20,000

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

No independent spending for or against this candidate in FEC filings.

PAC and committee money

No contributions from PACs or other committees in FEC committee filings.

Libertarian

Jeremy Ryan Todd

Raised: $28,629
From individuals: $27,427
From PACs and other committees: $0
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $1,202
Cash on hand: $1,896
Debts: $0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

No independent spending for or against this candidate in FEC filings.

PAC and committee money

1 committees reported giving $750 in all.

ABOLISH ABORTION PAC$750

Money in this race (FEC)

Ed Gallrein	Republican	$4,005,181	$421,969	$5,378,133	$7,006,952
Melissa Claire Strange	Democrat	$146,121	$44,039	$0	$0
Jeremy Ryan Todd	Libertarian	$28,629	$1,896	$0	$0

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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