United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, California 48
Brandon Riker
Brandon Riker’s FEC committees ran 33 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 1 May 2026 and 29 May 2026. Meta reports $900 – $4.2K of spend. That makes Brandon Riker the 802nd largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, California 48. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
33
ads on 1 page
$2.5K
reported spend, range $900 – $4.2K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$2.5K
33 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Riker for Congress · $2.5K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 64%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$12–14K
2 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 26 May 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 5.1×
- Formats
- 2 video
- Impressions
- 850K–950K
- Targeting declared
- age on 2 ads · gender on 2 ads
- States named
- California
- Last ad shown
- 26 May
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riker for Congress | 2 | 2 video | CA | 5 May | 26 May | $12–14K |
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 33 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Donald Trump$696
- Trump and MAGA$249
- MAGA Jim Desmond$149
- MAGA's handpicked Jim Desmond$50
- MAGA Extremist Jim Desmond$50
- Jim Desmond$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| RIKER FOR CONGRESS C00901207 | 33 | $2.5K |
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.
SDG&E wants to run a massive power line through Temecula. No power for the community. All of the risk. And when residents asked about insurance and fire danger, they had no answers. Brandon Riker is fighting for everyone in CA-48. Zero corporate PAC money. rikerforcongress.com
27 May 2026 · Riker for Congress · $400 – $499 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Trump's FBI just created a "payback squad." A team of agents tasked with prosecuting the president's political opponents. They've already indicted a former FBI director. A former CIA director is next. They're investigating ActBlue, the platform Democratic donors like you use to give. This is a step-by-step of silencing opposition and killing democracy. It only works if we don't stand up and fight. I'm Brandon Riker. Trained economist. And I'm running for Congress in CA-48 because the only way
21 May 2026 · Riker for Congress · $100 – $199 · 100+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Donald Trump just paid himself $1.776 billion from the US Treasury to create a slush fund for his political allies. No congressional approval. No oversight. January 6 defendants, cronies, and loyalists, all paid out with your tax dollars. Congress is the only body that can stop this. But they won't, because Trump's allies control the House by three seats. I'm Brandon Riker. Trained economist. And I'm running for Congress in CA-48 because I can do math and this doesn't add up. $1.776 billion fo
21 May 2026 · Riker for Congress · $100 – $199 · 1K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
I visited a mobile home park in Hemet. They said rent is going up and their landlord wouldn't even meet with them. But I did, because EVERY PERSON deserves to have their voice heard. I'm Brandon Riker, and I'm running for Congress to make Congress work for us. Trump and MAGA lied to us about affordability. Now Trump says it's a democrat hoax and a "line of bull***t". I'm a trained economist. I know affordability starts at the roots. Tax cuts for the working class, not the billionaire class. Bu
13 May 2026 · Riker for Congress · $100 – $199 · 1K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
We spend billions on tax breaks for corporations and blank checks for wars. But when it comes to healthcare, education, and training workers for real jobs, suddenly we're broke. Our priorities don't make sense. I'm running for Congress to fix that. I'm Brandon Riker. Trained economist. Prop 50 made CA-48 a true toss-up. June 2 is the primary. And I'm running on a simple idea: invest in the people who actually make this country work. Healthcare you can afford. Schools that prepare our kids. Wo
13 May 2026 · Riker for Congress · $100 – $199 · 1K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Trump's FBI Director wrote a children's book "The Plot Against the King". Starring "King Donald" Trump. This is the future they want, we have to take back the House to stop it. I'm Brandon Riker. The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act. They're gerrymandering every state they control. And now national Republicans are throwing money at my opponent Jim Desmond to try and hold this seat. This is because Prop 50 made CA-48 a true toss-up. We CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE this race, and we need
5 May 2026 · Riker for Congress · $100 – $199 · 100+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Riker for Congress | 33 | $2.5K |
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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