WHERE
Where do Ron Estes's campaign contributions come from?
Funding summary
- Total raised
- $2.2M
- Total spent
- $1.7M
- Cash on hand
- $1.6M
Where the money came from
- Individual donors$375K(17%)
- PACs$1.3M(60%)
- Political parties$0(0%)
- Self-funding$0(0%)
- Other receipts$486K(22%)
“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 $133K 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.
- Construction & Building$26K
- Finance & Real Estate$24K
- Technology & Media$23K
- Agriculture & Food$12K
- Energy & Natural Resources$11K
An additional $517K in 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 Sep 2026 · Sources: 2 — FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [91]
Ron Estes voted on 91 bills. He received $1,603,018.34 in donations. There is a moderate negative pattern between donation amounts and yea rates. This means larger donations from a sector did not strongly align with a higher yea rate for that sector's bills. The highest yea rate was 100.0% for Energy/Natural Resources bills. This sector donated $38,000. The largest donation amount was $1,347,818.34 from the Other sector. This sector had a 64.5% yea rate.
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 cover the current 2025–26 election cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology