Ron Estes
Ron Estes is a Republican incumbent in Kansas's 4th district. $1.9M raised, $1.3M spent, $1.8M cash through Jul 15, 2026. On the November ballot
Campaign finance$1.9M raised
- 59% of receipts came from PACs and other committees ($1.1M) What this flag means
- $1.8M of the $1.9M raised is still unspent What this flag means
Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported
| Measure | Amount |
|---|---|
| Raised (total receipts) | $1,855,035 |
| Spent (disbursements) | $1,295,634 |
| Cash on hand | $1,757,677 |
| Debts owed by campaign | $0 |
| Filing covers through | Jul 15, 2026 |
Reported Self-reported to the FEC.
Record in Congressage 70 · 5 terms · votes right of 88% of the House
Voting record
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension) | +0.65 |
| Votes more conservative than | 88% of House members |
| Democratic median / Republican median | -0.40 / +0.53 |
| Roll-call votes counted | 567 |
Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.
Official House website · Official biography (Congress)
Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.
Financial disclosurepartly read, filed 2026-08-10
Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-08-10. We could read 36 of the 37 asset lines in this report, so we show those and no totals: a total from a partial read would mislead. Open the official report (PDF)
| Asset | Type code | Owner | Value range |
|---|---|---|---|
| KPERS | DB | self | none |
| Spouse KPERS | DB | SP | none |
| Bank ⇒ Intrust checking and savings | BA | self | $15K to $50K |
| Bank ⇒ Mid American Credit Union | BA | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Dependent Coverdale college savings ⇒ Putnam Large Cap Value Fund - A | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Investment ⇒ US Treasury Savings Bonds | GS | self | $15K to $50K |
| KPERS 457 ⇒ DFA US Large Cap Value 1 | MF | self | $100K to $250K |
| KPERS 457 ⇒ Stable Value Fund - Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company | MF | self | $15K to $50K |
| KPERS 457 ⇒ T Rowe Price Capital Appreciation | MF | self | $100K to $250K |
| KPERS 457 ⇒ Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Inst | MF | self | $15K to $50K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ American Balanced Fund Cl F3 | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ American Mutual Fund Cl F3 | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ Dodge & Cox Income Fund | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ Invesco Corporate Bond Fund Cl R6 (ICBFX) | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ Invesco Global Opportunities Cl R6 | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ Investment Company of America - American Funds | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ JP Morgan Mid Cap Value Cl L | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ New Perspective Fund Cl F3 - American Funds | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ T. Rowe Price Integrated U.S. Small-Cap Growth Equity Fund - Class I (TQAIX) | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Roth IRA ⇒ U.S. Treasury Money Fund - I Class (TRGXX) | MF | self | $1 to $1,000 |
| Roth IRA ⇒ Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF (VT) | EF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 401k - Stand Together Benefits, LLC 401K Plan ⇒ State Street Target Retire 2030 SL Cl IV | MF | SP | $100K to $250K |
| Spouse 401k - TruStage Financial Group ⇒ BR LP ldx 2030 G | OT | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Cuna Mutual Holding Company has rebranded its name to TruStage Financial Group. They changed the asset name to the underlying asset - BR | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ FederatedHermes Prime Cash Obl AS | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ Goldman Sachs Intl Equity Insights Fund - A | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ GoldmanSachs Emerging Mkt Eq A | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ JPMorgan SmCap Equity A | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ Parnassus Mid Cap Fund - Inv | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ PGIM High Yield Fund - A | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ PIMCO International Bond Fund - A | MF | SP | $1 to $1,000 |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse 403b - Lincoln Investment ⇒ PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| Spouse Deferred Comp - MA ⇒ SMART Capital Preservation Fund | OT | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : Deferred Comp Spouse Roth IRA - Putnam Investments ⇒ Putnam Intl Capital Opps - A | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
| D : On September 30, 2025, Putnam Intl Capital Opportunity Fund name was changed to Putnam Intl Small Cap Fund. Spouse Roth IRA - Putnam Inv | MF | SP | $1,001 to $15K |
Reported Values are bands, as filed. Parsed automatically; the PDF is the record.
Public attention2,120 views in 30 days
Reported Page views of Ron Estes on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.
Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
| Source of money | Amount | Share of receipts |
|---|---|---|
| Individual donors | $311,848 | 16.8% |
| PACs and other committees | $1,090,100 | 58.8% |
| Other (refunds, transfers, loans) | $453,087 | 24.4% |
This raceKS-04, rank #1 of 2
Ron Estes ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.
Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record
Sources and methodFEC
All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jul 15, 2026. FEC ID H8KS04112, committee C00632067. View the official record.
Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.