United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, California 46
David Pan
Result: Lost · 30.8% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
David Pan’s FEC committees ran 3 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 26 October 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $0 – $297 of spend. That makes David Pan the 1,129th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, California 46. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
3
ads on 1 page
$149
reported spend, range $0 – $297
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 3 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| DAVID PAN FOR CONGRESS 2026 C00847699 | 3 | $149 |
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.
In a new Orange County Register article, columnist John Seiler describes David Pan as “one of the most intelligent candidates” for Congress he has interviewed. David Pan is running for Congress to challenge business as usual in Washington. His proposal would replace much of the federal welfare bureaucracy with direct, income-adjusted payments of up to $16,000 a year, while protecting benefits for current recipients. Less bureaucracy. More freedom. More control over your own future. David Pan bel
26 October 2026 · David Pan for Congress · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I'm David Pan, a UCI professor and Republian candidate for Congress in CD 46 DIstrict in Orange County, California. My plan would replace existing welfare and entitlement programs with a universal basic income, reduce bureaucracy, and protect benefits through a phased transition. Watch to learn more about my proposal, and support my campaign with a $10 donation.
26 October 2026 · David Pan for Congress · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| David Pan for Congress | 3 | $149 |
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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