WHERE
Where do Ron Estes's campaign contributions come from?
Funding summary
- Total raised
- $2.3M
- Total spent
- $2.0M
- Cash on hand
- $1.2M
Where the money came from
- Individual donors$406K(18%)
- PACs$1.3M(58%)
- Political parties$0(0%)
- Self-funding$0(0%)
- Other receipts$555K(24%)
“Other receipts” in FEC candidate totals covers transfers from other committees the candidate controls, offsets to operating expenditures, refunded contributions, and interest — not itemized donor activity. FEC's itemized filings hold the detail.
Top industries
Of $171K in itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. This is only a slice of total fundraising — PACs, parties, small-dollar donors, and self-funding are not included here.
- General Business$60K
- Finance & Real Estate$24K
- Transportation$22K
- Technology & Media$16K
- Construction & Building$15K
An additional $514Kin itemized donations couldn't be classified — either the donor left the employer field blank or listed “retired”/“self-employed,” or the employer didn't match a known industry.
Vote-finance correlation
Data through Jul 2026 · Sources: 2 — FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [178]
Ron Estes voted on 178 bills. He received $2,088,533.09 in donations. There is a strong pattern between donation amounts and yea rates. This means larger donations often correlate with higher yea rates. The Finance/Insurance/Real Estate sector donated $105,000. Estes voted on 40 bills from this sector. His yea rate was 100.0%. The Energy/Natural Resources sector donated $55,000. He voted on 50 bills from this sector. His yea rate was 84.0%.
Fewer than 5 other members of the KS House delegation have comparable data right now, so no peer comparison is shown.
This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Totals reflect the current two-year cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology