United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · Senate, California
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla’s FEC committees ran 3 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 25 June 2026 and 20 July 2026. Meta reports $15.5–20.7K of spend. That makes Alex Padilla the 364th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for Senate, California. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
3
ads on 1 page
$18.1K
reported spend, range $15.5–20.7K
100%
of spend on federal races
$450
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 2 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Trump administration$17.5K
- Trump and his party$150
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 98%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| ALEX PADILLA FOR SENATE C00765164 | 3 | $18.1K |
The committees whose ads count for the candidate, as the FEC names them.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Hey, it’s Senator Alex Padilla. I’m asking you to sign my petition to stop the Trump administration from sending armed federal agents, including ICE, to polling places. No American should be intimidated by federal troops while exercising their right to vote If you agree, click to add your name and support the Protect Our Polls Act today.
25 June 2026 · Alex Padilla · $15–20K · 350K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Did you see Trump’s latest attacks on our elections? He’s doing everything in his power to make it harder to vote because he knows Republicans are going to lose in the midterms. Our elections are decided by the people – not Donald Trump. We need to come together to hold Trump and his party accountable for attacks on voting rights. Can you chip in so I have what I need to fight voter suppression and defend free, fair elections?
20 July 2026 · Alex Padilla · $100 – $199 · 3K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Padilla | 3 | $18.1K |
Each name opens the page’s Vipima page, with its own figures and its link to Meta’s 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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