United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, New York 14
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Result: Won · 78.2% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s FEC committees ran 2,446 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 7 May 2026 and 24 October 2026. Meta reports $717K – $1.1M of spend. That makes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the 14th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, New York 14. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
2,446
ads on 1 page
$902.2K
reported spend, range $717K – $1.1M
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$902.2K
2,446 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · $902.2K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 10%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$279.8–315.6K
6 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.3×
- Formats
- 3 video · 3 text
- Impressions
- 503K–590K
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- national only
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress | 6 | 3 video · 3 text | national only | 19 Aug | 4 Nov | $279.8–315.6K |
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
Tone
Share of the 1,835 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- The establishment$4K
- The Republican Party$1.8K
- Republicans$1.4K
- Republican challenger$1.2K
- this Republican administration, Donald Trump, and this corrupt Supreme Court$1K
- Donald Trump and his cronies$694
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 51%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ FOR CONGRESS C00639591 | 2,446 | $902.2K |
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.
I can’t do this work without you — the grassroots supporters who have had my back every step of the way. Will you chip in $5 to help continue the fight?
29 July 2026 · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · $35–40K · 700K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
$3. It may not seem like a lot compared to GOP corporate mega-donors, but when we put all of our grassroots donations together, $3 can amount to a really powerful movement. $3 donations beat a Republican who raised $10 million against AOC. $3 donations brought 6,000 hours of free, virtual tutoring to under-resourced families. $3 donations let us push for the largest climate investment in history. Now, with the strength of our movement being tested every day, your $3 donation is more import
6 July 2026 · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · $30–35K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
One thing that distinguishes me (and several others in the Democratic Party) from most of my colleagues is that I rely virtually entirely on grassroots donations and support, the vast majority being small-dollar, to fund my campaign. The average donation to my campaign floats around $16-19. I reject all corporate money and have been very vocal about the need to get dark money influence out of the party and politics in general. The influence money has is absolutely atrocious. I don’t take mee
28 May 2026 · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · $15–20K · 400K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
When you stand with working people, corporate interests will line up against you. In recent years, more than $13 million has been spent trying to defeat us — and we know that kind of money will come at us again. My opponent this November is funded by MAGA donors. But hear me when I say this: if we stand together, our progressive movement will win. If I can count on your support, can you chip in $5 to my re-election campaign? No matter what, thank you for being here.
27 August 2026 · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · $10–15K · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
One thing that distinguishes me (and several others in the Democratic Party) from most of my colleagues is that I rely virtually entirely on grassroots donations and support, the vast majority being small-dollar, to fund my campaign. I reject all corporate money and have been very vocal about the need to get dark money influence out of politics in general. This allows me to legislate freely and operate independently from our corrupting system of campaign finance and revolving door politics.
10 July 2026 · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · $4–4.5K · 100K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
My name is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. When I first ran for office, some people who fashion themselves "political strategists" or "experts" said, "You shouldn't do your full last name. Having two last names is weird." They even said, "What are people gonna call you?" 😂 I said no. If I can't run as myself, then I don't want to run at all. If I can't be myself and stick to my values, then what is the point of any of it? And you know what, I won my race. People figured out how to say my name, an
22 May 2026 · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · $3.5–4K · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2,446 | $902.2K |
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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