Super PAC · KY

Kentucky 4th PAC

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00943753.

Which side

Mostly helps Democrats

100% of the $6.7M it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 100%Helps Republicans 0%

Spends against

  1. Ed GallreinRepublican$6.7M

Run by Gary Backus (treasurer) More

Biggest funders Tamarack Aspen, Inc $6.7M More

On the record

Type
Super PAC1
Based in
Florence, KY1

Who runs it

The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.

Treasurer
Gary Backus1

Who funds it

It reported raising $6.7M: $6.7M from individuals and $0 from other committees.4

Companies, groups and committees5

The biggest givers that aren't individuals, from its itemized receipts. Transfers from affiliated committees count.

Tamarack Aspen, IncCompany or group10 gifts$6,700,750

Individuals

We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.

  • $28K from 5 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • 98% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
  • Top states: Texas $17K, North Carolina $5,000, Nevada $5,000, Nebraska $5006

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026.2

Raised$6.7M
Spent$6.7M
Cash on hand$0
Outside spending to June 30$6.7M
  • From individuals $6.7M

Outside spending in races

Ads, mail and other spending about candidates, made without the campaigns, from notices it must file within 24 or 48 hours. These run to May 14, 2026, later than the summary above.3

Spent to oppose: $6.7M

Ed Gallrein RepublicanU.S. House, Kentucky 4th District (2026)$6,698,000

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Kentucky 4th PAC (C00943753)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00943753/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Kentucky 4th PAC financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00943753/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through June 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: independent expenditures by Kentucky 4th PAC, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?committee_id=C00943753&cycle=2026
    24- and 48-hour notices · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  5. 5
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  6. 6
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026