Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Ed Gallrein

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Kentucky District 4
Filing address
Shelbyville, KY (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GALLREIN, ED
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Kentucky with the 2026 district highlighted

Kentucky, District 4

RepublicanU.S. House · Kentucky District 4ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6KY04171 · Principal campaign committee: GALLREIN FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$4,095,784.14
Total spent$3,662,248.65
Cash on hand$433,535.49
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $3,873,077.84PACs and other committees: $197,129.60Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $25,576.70
  • Individual contributions$3,873,077.8495%
  • PACs and other committees$197,129.605%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$25,576.701%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$638,420.4217%
  • Contributions over $200$3,050,530.6483%
  • Itemized from inside Kentucky$130,532.504%
  • Itemized from other states$2,987,192.3296%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $779,989.40 · Florida $570,483.64 · New York $495,497.08 · Texas $173,720.70 · Illinois $127,787.37. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

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

Raised and spent over time

$1.6M$0 YEAR-END: raised $1,235,489.26YEAR-END: spent $302,223.96APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,152,010.05APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $692,108.72PRE-PRIMARY: raised $776,392.80PRE-PRIMARY: spent $1,625,906.07JULY QUARTERLY: raised $403,431.48JULY QUARTERLY: spent $767,775.44OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $437,857.70OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $195,197.642025-122026-032026-042026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

28 committees reported giving $164,127.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Ed Gallrein$5,378,133.28
  • Independent expenditures opposing Ed Gallrein$7,000,030.40

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Kentucky U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ed Gallrein (R)$4,095,784.14$433,535.492026-10-14
Thomas H. Massie (R)$8,891,771.67$473,568.862026-09-30
Melissa Claire Strange (D)$146,120.55$44,038.572026-09-30
Robert Stacy Wells (R)$113,241.15$19,139.472026-09-30
Robert Stacy Wells (R)$113,241.15$19,139.472026-09-30
Jeremy Ryan Todd (L)$30,837.92$3,389.022026-10-14
Jesse Russell Brewer (D)$9,680.67−$420.422026-04-29
Monica Dean (D)$9,189.56$3,671.422025-06-30
Jackson Dennis (R)$2,590.00$0.002025-12-08

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJune 3, 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 Kentucky (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: GALLREIN FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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