United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Texas 5
Chelsey Hockett
Result: Lost · 48.5% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Chelsey Hockett’s FEC committees ran 262 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 29 July 2026 and 27 October 2026. Meta reports $5.7–31.6K of spend. That makes Chelsey Hockett the 357th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Texas 5. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
262
ads on 1 page
$18.7K
reported spend, range $5.7–31.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 262 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Lance Gooden$1.4K
- A Texas Republican$1.3K
- My opponent$794
- Trump administration$398
- Republican leadership$347
- the very officials who are supposed to protect it$149
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| CHELSEY HOCKETT FOR CONGRESS C00920314 | 262 | $18.7K |
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’m a mom of two from East Texas, and I’m tired of watching Congress work for billionaires while our families struggle to keep up. Here’s exactly what I’ll fight for: ✅ A $25 minimum wage ✅ Child care for every family ✅ Medicare for All ✅ $200 more a month on Social Security checks ✅ Fully funded public schools ✅ A ban on stock trading in Congress Early voting runs October 19 to 30. Election Day is November 3. Bring your family. Bring your neighbors.
26 October 2026 · Chelsey Hockett for Congress · $800 – $899 · 90K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
A Texas Republican introduced a bill to take away your right to vote for your own senator. Not a tweet. Not a talking point. An actual bill with nine co-sponsors to repeal the 17th Amendment. They want state legislatures to pick your senators instead of you. This is happening while they fire inspectors general, defy court orders, consolidate media, and start unauthorized wars. Democracy doesn't disappear all at once. It disappears one bill, one firing, one court order ignored at a time. I'm Che
25 August 2026 · Chelsey Hockett for Congress · $700 – $799 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Name one time Lance Gooden stood up to Donald Trump for you. You can’t. 👀 I’m Chelsey Hockett, and I’m running to be a congresswoman who works for TX-05, not for billionaires and not for Trump. Watch the receipts, then vote early Oct 19 to 30.
20 October 2026 · Chelsey Hockett for Congress · $400 – $499 · 35K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Congress is full of tantrums and messes. Good thing being a mom trained me for exactly this. I'm Chelsey Hockett. Working mom. East Texas. Running for Congress in TX-05 because the people making decisions about your family should actually understand what your family goes through. Universal healthcare. A $25 minimum wage. Affordable energy. More money in YOUR pocket. No corporate PAC money. No special interest money. Just a mom who's ready to clean house.
25 August 2026 · Chelsey Hockett for Congress · $300 – $399 · 25K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Early voting ends October 30. Election Day is November 3. If you live in Mesquite, Garland or Forney, your polling place is minutes away. Tap below to find it. Our families don’t win unless we show up.
26 October 2026 · Chelsey Hockett for Congress · $300 – $399 · 15K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Mom. Texan. Running for Congress in TX-05. Standing with the people whose labor keeps America running. https://linktr.ee/chelseyhockettforcongress https://secure.actblue.com/donate/chelseyhockettforcongress
7 August 2026 · Chelsey Hockett for Congress · $200 – $299 · 3K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Chelsey Hockett for Congress | 262 | $18.7K |
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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