United States 2026 · Every advertiser

Brad Sherman

This page ran 46 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 4 May 2026 and 28 May 2026. Meta reports $45.5–58.6K of spend, which makes it the 1,236th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend was on the Democrats’ side. Race: Federal. Paid for by Sherman for Congress. It belongs to Brad Sherman, whose page gathers all of their pages.

Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗

On the FEC record

SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS, a House candidate’s committee. FEC committee C00308742 ↗

A candidate’s own committee: Brad Sherman, Democrat, running for the House in California, district 32. The side above is the candidate’s party on the FEC record.

46

ads

$52K

reported spend, range $45.5–58.6K

100%

of spend on federal races

$850

median spend per ad

Meta and Google side by side

On MetaFacebook · Instagram

$52K

46 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026

Largest page
Brad Sherman · $52K
Federal races
100%
Median spend per ad
$850
Attack ads, of text ads
71%

Ad Library

On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display

$172.5–219.8K

51 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 June 2026

Against Meta spend
3.8×
Formats
49 video · 2 text
Impressions
15.1M–17.8M
Targeting declared
age on 36 ads · gender on 36 ads
States named
California
Last ad shown
3 Jun

Google Ads Transparency Center

Google advertiser accounts

AdvertiserAdsFormatsStatesFirst adLast adSpend
SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS5149 video · 2 textCA4 Apr3 Jun$172.5–219.8K

Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.

Spend by week the ad started

4 May
1 Jun
6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
71%
Promotional
29%

Share of the 45 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Donald Trump$29.4K
  • Jake Levine$10.1K

Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.

Topics

Economy & cost of living
91%
Security, crime & immigration
51%
Corruption & governance
47%
Candidate profile
11%
Social protection
4.4%

Spend by race: Federal 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 99%.

The costliest ads

The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.

  • Funded by pro-Trump Crypto Billionaires. Hiding his tax returns. $18 million stock portfolio. Secret family trust fund. And his old firm represents Big Oil and the GOP. No wonder Jake kept all this hidden!

    25 May 2026 · Brad Sherman · $7–8K · 1M+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Why are Pro-Trump Crypto Billionaires spending a fortune attacking Brad Sherman? Because Sherman is leading the fight AGAINST Trump's plan to use your tax dollars to bail out Crypto Billionaires.

    23 May 2026 · Brad Sherman · $3.5–4K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Trump promised to end wars and lower prices. Instead, he started a new war and gas prices keep going up. In Congress, I'm fighting to stop oil exports, keep American oil in America, and lower the price at the pump.

    23 May 2026 · Brad Sherman · $2.5–3K · 600K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Everywhere I go, people tell me they’ve had enough of Donald Trump’s BS. That’s why in Congress, I’m working to lower costs and stop Donald Trump.

    4 May 2026 · Brad Sherman · $1.5–2K · 250K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • When ICE targeted Iranian Americans, I fought back. For years, I’ve led the fight to sanction the regime and the IRGC, and I have been proud to stand firm with the Iranian American community against the regime here at home. I'm honored to be the only candidate endorsed by Iranian American community leaders, the CSUN Iranian Student Association, local firefighters, nurses, teachers, community leaders, Planned Parenthood, and the California Democratic Party.

    27 May 2026 · Brad Sherman · $100 – $199 · 8K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • As your Congressman, I am proud to be fighting for the Filipino American community and to strengthen relations between the U.S. and the Philippines. I have fought back against Trump and voted against ICE funding every time. I am working to pass the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act to restore full veterans’ benefits and pensions for Filipino World War II veterans and their dependents. I'm honored to be the only candidate endorsed by Attorney General Rob Bonta, local firefighters, nurses, teachers,

    27 May 2026 · Brad Sherman · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.

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