Ron Estes
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Campaign finance
Federal Election Commission filings for the 2026 two-year cycle. Candidates appear in the order they are listed on this page. They are not ranked by money, and these measures are never combined into a single score.
Every candidate below reports through Jul 15, 2026, except where a row says otherwise.
| Candidate | Total receipts | Cash on hand | Direct PAC receipts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Estes Republican incumbent | $1,855,035 | $1,757,677 | $1,090,100 |
| Katy Tyndell Democratic | $234,455 | $72,896 | $0 |
| Paul Catanese Independent FEC data through Jun 30, 2026 | $6,040 | $4,985 | $0 |
Each measure below has its own scale and starts at zero, so bars can be read against each other within a measure but not across measures. Each candidate's own coverage end date is in the table above.
Total receipts
Everything the authorized campaign committee took in, including contributions, loans, and transfers.
Highest total receipts: Ron Estes at $1,855,035. Lowest: Paul Catanese at $6,040. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,855,035.
Cash on hand
The balance the campaign reported at the end of its coverage period.
Highest cash on hand: Ron Estes at $1,757,677. Lowest: Paul Catanese at $4,985. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,757,677.
Direct PAC receipts
Money the campaign received from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.
Highest direct PAC receipts: Ron Estes at $1,090,100. Lowest: Katy Tyndell at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,090,100.
Outside spending supporting
Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate, not coordinated with the campaign and never received by it.
Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending supporting. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.
Outside spending opposing
Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.
Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending opposing. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.
Where each campaign's committee money came from
Each column is one candidate and each figure is that candidate's own money, taken over that candidate's own itemized total. Nothing here is added across candidates, and the two groupings below are never added to each other: the first is who the FEC says runs the giving committee, which covers every dollar, and the second is what interest a source says that committee advances, which is a claim MyRepTracker makes and covers only part of the money.
Contributions each campaign received, by who runs the committee
| Category | Ron Estes Republican |
|---|---|
| Corporate PACs | $564,00051.0% |
| Trade association PACs | $249,08422.5% |
| Membership organization PACs | $97,0008.8% |
| Non-connected committees | $76,7506.9% |
| Leadership PACs | $61,0005.5% |
| Corporations without capital stock | $25,0002.3% |
| Other candidates' committees | $24,5002.2% |
| Cooperative PACs | $7,5000.7% |
| Labor union PACs | $2,0000.2% |
| Itemized total | $1,106,834 |
Contributions each campaign received, by interest advanced
| Category | Ron Estes Republican |
|---|---|
| Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate | $117,50011.5% |
| Physicians and medical specialties Health | $65,5006.4% |
| Pharmaceuticals Health | $63,5006.2% |
| Construction Construction | $56,0005.5% |
| Air transport Transportation | $54,5005.3% |
| Food and beverage Agriculture | $52,9845.2% |
| Technology Communications and technology | $49,5004.8% |
| Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate | $43,0004.2% |
| Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate | $38,5003.8% |
| Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate | $34,0003.3% |
| Defense Defense | $29,5002.9% |
| Agribusiness Agriculture | $27,0002.6% |
| Automotive Transportation | $24,0002.3% |
| Trucking Transportation | $23,5002.3% |
| Oil and gas Energy and natural resources | $21,0002.1% |
| Electric utilities Energy and natural resources | $19,5001.9% |
| Telecommunications Communications and technology | $16,5001.6% |
| Accounting Professional services | $11,5001.1% |
| Health insurance Health | $11,5001.1% |
| Mining Energy and natural resources | $10,0001.0% |
| Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue | $10,0001.0% |
| Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue | $7,5000.7% |
| Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate | $6,0000.6% |
| Media and entertainment Communications and technology | $4,5000.4% |
| Industrial unions Labor | $4,0000.4% |
| Renewable energy Energy and natural resources | $4,0000.4% |
| Lawyers and law firms Professional services | $2,5000.2% |
| Hospitals and nursing homes Health | $2,0000.2% |
| Committees not yet categorized | $211,85020.7% |
| Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees | $85,500 |
| Itemized total | $1,106,834 |
These candidates are compared in the table above but have no stored breakdown of where their committee money came from, so they are named here rather than shown as a column of zeroes.
- Katy Tyndell: no breakdown is stored for this record yet
- Paul Catanese: no breakdown is stored for this record yet
Last-minute contributions reported before an election
Within 48 hours of receiving a contribution or loan of $1,000 or more in the days just before an election, a campaign must notify the FEC. These notices are provisional: the same money appears again in the regular report covering those days, so it is not added to the amounts above and is not compared as a measure. Candidates file them only while their own election is close, so an absence here says nothing about a campaign's fundraising.
| Candidate | Reported on notices | Notices | Covers | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Estes Republican | $74,859 | 7 | Jul 17 to Jul 31, 2026 | $74,859 still provisional |
| Katy Tyndell Democratic | $8,000 | 3 | Jul 21 to Jul 27, 2026 | $8,000 still provisional |
Candidates not compared
These candidates are left out of the comparison rather than shown as zero, because a missing or partial record is not the same as no money.
- Andrew Cranmer (Libertarian): No FEC data is stored for cycle 2026.
Direct contributions are money the campaign received. Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with any campaign, and are never added to a candidate's receipts. Source: Federal Election Commission ↗.