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Who funds Ed Gallrein?

Kentucky U.S. House District 4RepublicanFiled as challengerFEC H6KY04171
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The money.

Ed GallreinFEC filing: Ed Gallrein · H6KY04171 ↗
Raised
$4.1M
Spent
$3.7M
Cash on hand
$434K
  • Individuals 95% $3.9M
  • PACs & other committees 5% $197K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $26K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $5.4M supporting · $7.0M opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. RJC VICTORY FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $3.5M
  2. MAGA KYSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.3M
  3. UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $579K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. KENTUCKY 4TH PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $6.7M
  2. HOLD THE LINE PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $285K
  3. GUN RIGHTS AMERICASuper PAC $17K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)Membership group PAC · Republican Jewish Coalition $54K
  2. BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC of Garland Andy Barr $8,729
  3. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $5,000
  4. NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)Trade association PAC · National Cattlemen'S Beef Association $5,000
  5. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · National Association Of Realtors $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $3.9M from individuals

16% in small-dollar gifts

$628K of $3.9M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

4% from Kentucky · 96% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

10% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $777K
  2. Florida $564K
  3. New York $495K
  4. Texas $173K
  5. Kentucky $133K
  6. Illinois $124K
  7. Georgia $117K
  8. Pennsylvania $94K

Top employers named by donors

  1. GREENBERG TRAURIG $9,500
  2. GIBSON DUNN $9,000
  3. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP $8,250
  4. CASTING NETWORKS $6,500
  5. GOLDMAN SACHS $5,000
  6. AMAZON $4,407
  7. MORGAN STANLEY $2,750

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $1.5M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.5M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Oct 21, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (5,083 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $5.4M for / $7.0M against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $35K more than the $12M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$17K of the $12M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 62% $7.6M
  • Digital ads 3% $389K
  • Ads, medium not stated 32% $4.0M
  • Mail, print & signs 2% $254K
  • Phones & texts 0.3% $42K
  • Ad production 0.6% $75K

Largest late spenders for

  1. RJC VICTORY FUND $3.5M
  2. MAGA KY $1.3M
  3. UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') $579K
  4. SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOM $35K

Largest late spenders against

  1. KENTUCKY 4TH PAC $6.7M
  2. HOLD THE LINE PAC $285K
  3. GUN RIGHTS AMERICA $24K

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 20, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (64 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $3.4M in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 63% $2.1M
  • Consultants & strategy 15% $501K
  • Staff & payroll 0.1% $4,000
  • Fundraising & processing fees 10% $348K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $155K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $80K
  • Office, technology & overhead 0.4% $13K
  • Legal & compliance 0.9% $30K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $4,946
  • Other or unclassified 3% $99K

Largest payees

  1. DIGITAL MEDIA PLACEMENT SERVICES $1.4M
  2. STORYTELLERS GROUP LLC $497K
  3. 1892 LLC $458K
  4. THM CONSULTING LLC $133K
  5. DEMOCRACY ENGINE $128K

Paid to individuals: $227K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Nov 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (667 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.