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Alabama · U.S. House · District 04 · 2026

Alabama District 04 House race

General election in 52 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · Alabama District 04 House race

Robert B. Aderholt has raised more than 14 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Alabama District 04 House race, 2026 report raising $1.1M between them. Robert B. Aderholt reports $999,497 and Thomas Barnes reports $73,224, a gap of $926,273. Of what Robert B. Aderholt reports, 52% came from individuals and 42% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Robert B. Aderholt

Robert B. Aderholt

RIncumbent
R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 42% from PACs and 52% from individuals.

52% individuals42% PACs6% other
$999K
raised
TB

Thomas Barnes

R
R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 91% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

91% individuals0% PACs9% other
$73K
raised
AP

Amanda Pusczek

D
D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 99% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

99% individuals0% PACs1% other
$16K
raised
MW

Michael Weaver

D
D · challenger

74% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 26% from other sources.

74% individuals0% PACs26% other
$8K
raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Banking & Financial$40K
Tech & Telecom$27K
Defense & Aerospace$25K
Small donors & unclassified$20K
Real Estate & Construction$10K
Ideological / Leadership$9K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) · pac$10K
  • ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC) · pac$10K
  • DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DPAC) · pac$10K
  • REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • TORCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • WATERPAC - NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL COMMITTEE · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

39%56%
39% PACs56% individuals5% other

The incumbent's record

Robert B. Aderholt is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)
$9.9M
$4.2M+. up $8.3M since 2008.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
1
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • House Committee on Appropriations

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Banking & Financial$40K
Tech & Telecom$27K
Defense & Aerospace$25K
Small donors & unclassified$20K
Real Estate & Construction$10K
Ideological / Leadership$9K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Robert B. Aderholt
R · incumbent
Robert B. Aderholt
vs
TB
Thomas Barnes
R · challenger
$999K
Raised
$73K
$750K
Cash on hand
$21K
42%
From PACs
0%
52%
From individuals
91%
Banking & Financial
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No