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Candidates › KY-04 race › 2025–2026
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, KY-04
Has not served in Congress
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Ed Gallrein will work to cut taxes, reduce regulations, stop the reckless spending that has driven up inflation, and fight to bring good-paying jobs back home for Kentucky.
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The chaos at our southern border under Joe Biden and the Democrats flooded our communities with crime, drugs, and fentanyl. Gallrein will team up with President Trump and the Republican Party to finish the wall, fully fund Border Patrol & ICE, secure the border once and for all, and rebuild our military to support our national security to sustain peace and prosperity.
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The Second Amendment is under constant attack from the radical left. As a lifelong Conservative, defender of freedom, and warrior for our Nation, Gallrein will protect our right to keep and bear arms without compromise and back the blue.
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As a Navy SEAL, grandfather and father, Conservative Ed Gallrein knows firsthand how precious life is. Gallrein is Pro-Life!
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America’s schools, military, and government should stand for excellence and patriotism – not woke ideology. Gallrein will join with the President and Republican Party to eliminate DEI schemes, restore merit, and bring back the Conservative pride and patriotism that make our country strong.
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FEC filings, Oct 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00923995
89¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 6 reports ($3.7M of $4.1M). Cash on hand went from $933.3K on Dec 31, 2025 to $433.5K on Oct 14, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $1,235,489 | $302,224 | $933,265 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $1,152,010 | $692,109 | $1,393,167 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Apr 29, 2026 | $776,393 | $1,625,906 | $543,653 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $403,431 | $767,775 | $179,309 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $437,858 | $195,198 | $421,969 |
| PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026 | $90,603 | $79,037 | $433,535 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
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1 endorser listed on Ed Gallrein’s own campaign site.
This is the campaign's claim, checked by an editor against its page; the endorsers have not confirmed it to us. Each name opens the campaign’s page with that name highlighted.
Advanced · 57,822 votes (55%) · 1 of 2 · Full results ↗
Won · 137,623 votes (54%) · 1 of 3 · Full results ↗
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Primary May 19, 2026 · 7 polls
Ed Gallrein leads Thomas Massie by 3.4 points · average gap, 4 latest nonpartisan polls · 1 far-off poll left out
Each dot is a poll. The line is the median of the 5 latest nonpartisan polls. How polls are read
Ed Gallrein won by 9.8 points. The 4 final polls had a median of Ed Gallrein +3.5, understating Ed Gallrein's margin by 6.3 points.
| Poll | Ed Gallrein | Thomas Massie | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrayHouseended May 17 | 51% | 44% | Ed Gallrein +7 | −2.8 |
| Neighborhood Research Corporationended May 15 | 39% | 39% | Tied | −9.8 |
| Big Data Pollended May 14 · led with the loser | 49.4% | 50.6% | Thomas Massie +1.2 | −11 |
| Quantus Insightsended May 12 | 52.8% | 45.1% | Ed Gallrein +7.7 | −2.1 |
| Median of the final polls | Ed Gallrein +3.5 | −6.3 | ||
| Result | 54.9% | 45.1% | Ed Gallrein +9.8 |
May 19, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 99% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the campaign’s; the record marking is ours.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 7,201 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $3.3M.
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 78 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $194.7K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The largest of the sources is listed. In all, 2 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $25.6K.
Total reported receipts $4,095,784
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
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5% of the money placed by state came from inside Kentucky: $163.9K of $3.3M.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 981 contributions · 24% | $787,430 |
| 931 contributions · 18% | $599,806 |
| 503 contributions · 15% | $506,715 |
| 1,352 contributions · 5.7% | $186,221 |
| 256 contributions · 5% | $163,920 |
| 197 contributions · 3.9% | $127,431 |
| 214 contributions · 3.6% | $118,240 |
| 200 contributions · 3% | $98,867 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 50 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 405 contributions · 30% of ranked | $337,114 |
| 6 contributions · 1.1% of ranked | $12,000 |
| 6 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $9,500 |
| 3 contributions · 0.8% of ranked | $9,000 |
| 1 contribution · 0.6% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 0.6% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 0.6% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 0.6% of ranked | $7,000 |
A further $1,331,723 came from donors whose answer names no employer (Information requested, None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($627,590) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
What the committees giving to Gallrein’s campaign or spending on ads about Gallrein are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
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“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 35% to named individuals, 46% to organizations, 8.7% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 10% not itemized in the filings.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Organization · behind Kentucky 4TH PAC | $6.7M |
| Person · President, Elliott Management Corp. · behind Maga KY and United Democracy Project | $3.1M |
| Organization · behind RJC Victory Fund | $2.6M |
| Person · Managing Director, SIG · behind Kentucky First PAC | $1.2M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind United Democracy Project | $1.1M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Make Liberty Win | $803.7K |
| Organization · behind Maga KY | $687.8K |
| Person · Co-Chief CEO, Elliott Management Corp. · behind Maga KY | $687.8K |
| Person · Retired · behind RJC Victory Fund | $407.2K |
| Person · President, Paulson & Co Inc · behind Maga KY | $344.4K |
| Organization · behind Defeating Communism PAC and Hold the Line PAC | $325.4K |
| Person · Partner, The Blackstone Group · behind Maga KY | $275.1K |
Read for the 10 largest groups of 11, 99.6% of the $26.3M spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
The campaign also refunded $9,252 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Total itemized disbursements $3,644,159
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 981 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
40 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $95,535 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 8 payments · 38% of all spending | $1,386,695 |
| 11 payments · 14% of all spending | $496,989 |
| 12 payments · 12% of all spending | $457,737 |
| 7 payments · 3.6% of all spending | $133,000 |
| 37 payments · 3.5% of all spending | $128,359 |
| 9 payments · 2.9% of all spending | $107,336 |
| 8 payments · 2% of all spending | $71,995 |
| 3 payments · 1.8% of all spending | $64,917 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 5,083 contributions · 29% of ranked | $851,217 |
| 177 contributions · 7.7% of ranked | $223,895 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 129 contributions · 6.5% of ranked | $188,985 |
| 131 contributions · 6.3% of ranked | $181,249 |
| 98 contributions · 5.4% of ranked | $154,709 |
| 47 contributions · 3% of ranked | $87,240 |
| 95 contributions · 2.2% of ranked | $63,668 |
| 37 contributions · 2% of ranked | $58,393 |
A further $278,353 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($627,590) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.