Councilmember David Penaloza

This page ran 44 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 4 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $47.4–58.6K of spend, which makes it the 1,225th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend was on the Democrats’ side. Race: State. Paid for by David Penaloza for Assembly 2026.

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 ↗

ads

$53K

reported spend, range $47.4–58.6K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$600

median spend per ad

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

2.3%

Promotional

95%

Informational

2.3%

Share of the 44 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Candidate profile

68%

Economy & cost of living

36%

Jobs & youth

14%

Education

11%

Security, crime & immigration

6.8%

Health

4.5%

Electoral process & turnout

2.3%

Social protection

2.3%

Spend by race: State 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 79%, Spanish 21%.

The costliest ads

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

I'm running for State Assembly to lower costs for all Californians. I'd be honored to earn your vote.
26 October 2026 · Councilmember David Penaloza · $7–8K · 300K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Orange County should be affordable for working families. That's why I'm running for State Assembly.
26 October 2026 · Councilmember David Penaloza · $6–7K · 250K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Como el único candidato pa’ la Asamblea Estatal con raíces y sangre mexicana, y como Vicealcalde de nuestra hermosa ciudad de Santa Ana, me dio muchísimo orgullo y felicidad poder darle la bienvenida a nuestra gente a nuestras Fiestas Patrias en la Cuatro. ❤️ También tuve el gran honor de acompañar a la Honorable Cónsul de México en Santa Ana, @consulmexsantaana Maxaira Baltazar, mientras daba el Grito de Independencia. 🔔 🗣️ Como orgulloso hijo de inmigrantes mexicanos, para mí estas celebrac
19 September 2026 · Councilmember David Penaloza · $6–7K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad LibrarySpanish
📰 Big news! The Orange County Register endorsed David Penaloza for State Assembly!
8 October 2026 · Councilmember David Penaloza · $1.5–2K · 200K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
El condado de Orange debe ser un lugar donde las familias trabajadoras puedan vivir sin dificultades económicas.
26 October 2026 · Councilmember David Penaloza · $1–1.5K · 250K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad LibrarySpanish
We’ve all heard it: “California is the 4th largest economy in the world.” But I always ask myself, if that’s true, what do we have to show for it? The cost of living is higher than ever, and for too many families, simply getting by has become nearly impossible. Raising a family in California shouldn’t feel out of reach. Childcare isn’t, and shouldn’t be a luxury. It’s how we give working families a real chance to get ahead. Long gone are the days when families could comfortably live on one incom
9 September 2026 · Councilmember David Penaloza · $1–1.5K · 350K+ impressions · Attack · 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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