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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Paul Bryant McPherson

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Indiana District 4
Filing address
Otterbein, IN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
MCPHERSON, PAUL BRYANT
Next election
Primary May 5, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Indiana with the 2026 district highlighted

Indiana, District 4

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · Indiana District 4ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6IN04227 · Principal campaign committee: PAUL MCPHERSON FOR INDIANA

Total raised$7,969.48
Total spent$7,219.71
Cash on hand$749.77
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,949.35Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $5,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,020.13
  • Individual contributions$1,949.3524%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5,000.0063%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,020.1313%

Self-funding: $5,000.00 (63% of money raised): $5,000.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,239.3564%
  • Contributions over $200$710.0036%
  • Itemized from inside Indiana$864.35100%
  • Itemized from other states$0.000%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$7K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $7,284.48APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $5,286.21PRE-PRIMARY: raised $125.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $1,125.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $560.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $808.50OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.002026-032026-042026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Indiana U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 11 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Paul Bryant McPherson (D)$7,969.48$749.772026-09-30
James R Baird (R)$582,092.25$116,067.152026-09-30
Craig Haggard (R)$197,600.00$45,621.162026-09-30
Drew Cox (D)$54,117.91$12,627.722026-09-30
Joseph William Mackey (D)$11,233.80$1,327.802026-09-30
Anthony D Hustedt-Mai (R)$5,605.38$0.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: PAUL MCPHERSON FOR INDIANA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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