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Ron Estes

Ron Estes

Republican · KS U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

10 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2017

Roles held

  1. Representative 2017 – present KS Republican
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Republican

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • role U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district since 2017
  • role Served as the 39th Kansas State Treasurer from 2011 to 2017
  • role Served as treasurer of Sedgwick County, Kansas, from 2004 to 2010
  • role Won the 2017 special election for the seat vacated when Mike Pompeo became CIA director
  • background Civil engineer who studied engineering and business at Tennessee Tech
  • background Began his career as a consultant and executive in manufacturing and service industries

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House KS-04 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,855,035 raised
  • $1,295,634 spent
  • $1,757,677 cash on hand
$1.86M
$1.40M
$311.85K
Itemized (≥ $200)$302.76K
Unitemized (< $200)$9.09K
Other committees (PACs)$1.09M
Transfers from other committees$382.77K
Offsets to expenditures$3.30K
Other receipts$67.02K
$1.30M
Operating expenditures$910.14K
Contribution refunds$841.79
Other disbursements$384.65K
Cash on hand$1.76M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through July 15, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jul 15, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Ron Estes campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$1,850,090$1,579,546$270,544
2020$2,003,150$1,429,529$844,164
2022$1,869,686$1,770,278$943,573
2024$2,288,000$2,033,296$1,198,276
2026$1,855,035$1,295,634$1,757,677

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $152,112 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • TRANSYSTEMS $21,650
  • WATCO $13,200
  • Employer not reported $11,600
  • BERGEN PAIN MANAGEMENT PC $9,900
  • ASH BROKERAGE $7,061
  • THE PEROT GROUP $6,600
  • NORTHROCK, INC. $6,600
  • TANGANYIKA WILDLIFE PARK $6,600
  • FOLEY EQUIPMENT $6,600
  • BLACKSTONE $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2024 cycle $4,158 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Estes, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & trading — finance coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which oversees the finance sector, and disclosed 2 finance-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $30,000) between Feb 2022 and Jul 2022.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

    Committees House Committee on Ways and Means · Member
    STOCK Act disclosures →

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