Political ads · 2026 · AL

Alabama House District 4 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Robert Aderholt won · 74.9% to 25.1% · Called by AP on Nov 3

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Robert Aderholt (Republican) and Amanda Pusczek (Democrat) are the nominees for Alabama's 4th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Robert Aderholt is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Robert Aderholt's campaign had raised $1.2 million (through October 14, 2026) and Amanda Pusczek's campaign $22,000 (through October 14, 2026).

Robert Aderholt (REP, incumbent), Amanda Pusczek (DEM). 2 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

Also on every Alabama ballot: 4 statewide ballot measures → The ballot wording and the official arguments, read for rhetorical techniques.

How to vote in Alabama

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Registration	Register by Mon, Oct 19 (Mail forms postmarked by deadline; online until 11:59 PM; in person by close of business.) (passed)Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗
By mail	Mail voting needs a reason the state accepts (Excuse required: absent from county, illness/disability, 10+ hour work shift, caregiver, etc.); request a ballot by Tue, Oct 27 (Received by mail by Oct 27; hand-delivered applications by Oct 29.); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (By mail: received by noon Election Day. Hand-delivered: by 5 p.m. Nov 2.) (passed)Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗
Election Day	Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (passed)Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗
ID at the polls	Approved photo ID required; without one, vote if two poll officials positively identify you (signed affidavit), else provisional.Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Robert Aderholt (REP, incumbent)

Raised: $1.2M through 2026-10-14 individuals $625K · PACs $465K · party $610 · from the candidate's other committees $88K · cash on hand $720K
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: $1,500 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $1,500 from 4 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC

130 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

AEROVIRONMENT, INC PAC $5,000
AFLAC PAC $5,000
AIRBUS AMERICAS PAC $1,000
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC) $750
ALABAMA POWER CO EMPLOYEES FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (APC EMPLOYEES FEDERAL PAC) $5,000
ALTRIA GROUP, INC PAC $2,500
AMENTUM SERVICES, INC. PAC $3,500
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $1,500
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $7,500
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING PAC $2,500
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR P. A. C. $5,000
AMERICAN DENTAL P. A. C. $5,000
AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $5,000
AMERICAN SUNTANNING ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC (AVMA PAC) $1,000
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. PAC (ARAPAC) $5,000
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. PAC (ABC PAC) $10K
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AT&T PAC $1,000
BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC $1,000
BAKER DONELSON PAC $2,000
BALCH & BINGHAM FED. POL. COMM. $5,000
BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE) $1,000
BLUE ORIGIN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLUE ORIGIN PAC) $5,500
BRACEPAC $1,000
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
C3.AI INC. PAC $2,500
CADENCE BANK PAC $5,000
CAP-PAC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION INC $5,000
CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION PAC $2,500
CMHA BLOCK & PAVER PAC CONCRETE MASONRY AND HARDSCAPES VALLEY DRIVE $2,000
COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY UNITED, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT $1,000
COMMITTEE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000
COMPETITIVE MARKETS PAC $2,500
CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC $3,500
CSX CORPORATIONA GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $2,500
CUBIC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC $2,500
DELOITTE PAC $10K
DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE (DIAGEO PAC) $2,778
DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC. PAC (DPAC) $10K
EARLY CARE & EDUCATION CONSORTIUM PAC $2,000
ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA LLC PAC $1,500
ELECT/ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION PAC $5,000
ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS (EMMER PAC) $5,000
EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000
EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN PAC $7,500
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION PAC $3,000
ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE PAC (EMA SBC PAC) $1,500
ENTERGY CORPORATION PAC (ENPAC) $1,000
EYE OF THE TIGER PAC $5,000
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. (FEDEX PAC) $1,000
FIRST FIVE ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FIRST FIVE ACTION PAC) $1,000
FLUOR CORPORATION PAC (FLUOR PAC) $1,000
FOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE PAC (FMI FOODPAC) $1,000
FRIENDS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH PAC $1,000
GE AEROSPACE PAC $2,000
GENERAL ATOMICS PAC $7,000
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION PAC $5,000
GILEAD SCIENCES INC HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $2,500
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COM. EFF. GOVERNMENT $1,000
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $2,000
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND $2,000
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES HIIPAC $1,000
IHEARTMEDIA, INC. PAC $1,000
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES PAC $1,000
INTEGRATION INNOVATION, INC. PAC $4,000
KBR, INC. PAC $1,000
KELLEY DRYE & WARREN PAC $2,500
LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE $2,000
LEIDOS INC. PAC $7,000
LIBERTY HALL PAC $1,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES PAC $8,000
MAYNARD NEXSEN PAC $10K
MBDA INCORPORATED PAC $1,000
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. PAC $8,000
MTSI LEADERS FOR ENDURING SOLUTIONS $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION PAC (NCBA-PAC) $5,000
NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL PAC $5,000
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS PORK PAC $2,500
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND (NRA) $1,000
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $5,000
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION PAC NSSF PAC $2,500
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH FEDERAL PAC $1,000
NOSSAMAN LLP PAC (NOSSAMAN PAC) $1,000
NUCOR CORP. PAC $2,500
OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
PARRY PAC $2,000
PARSONS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,000
PEANUT PAC OF ALABAMA $2,500
PEOPLETEC, INC. PAC (PEOPLETEC PAC) $7,500
PFIZER P. A. C. $1,000
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $2,500
POLARIS IND. PAC $1,000
PROFESSIONAL COMPOUNDING CENTERS OF AMERICA PAC $3,000
PROTECTIVE LIFE CORP P. A. C. $5,000
PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS ASSOCIATES PAC $2,500
RAPTOR PAC $1,000
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COM $10K
REPUBLICAN ITALIAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE $500
REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC $1,000
ROAD TO FREEDOM CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $1,000
ROCKET LAB USA, INC. PAC (ROCKET LAB PAC) $1,000
RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
SCALISE FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SIERRA NEVADA PAC $1,000
TEXAS VALUES PAC $250
TEXTRON INC. PAC $1,000
THALES USA PAC $1,000
THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,000
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL PAC $10K
THE GOOD FUND $500
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC $1,000
TORCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC $10K
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA PAC $2,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AL FED PAC $1,000
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC./GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB $1,000
VISTRA EMPLOYEE PAC OF VISTRA CORP. $1,000
VULCAN MATERIALS CO. P. A. C. $5,000
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $2,000
WATERPAC - NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL COMMITTEE $10K
WAYNE FARMS LLC PAC WAYNE FARMS PAC $1,000
WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Amanda Pusczek (DEM)

Raised: $22K through 2026-10-14 individuals $22K · PACs $0 · cash on hand $2,371
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

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