United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, California 45
Derek Tran
Result: Won · 59.6% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Derek Tran’s FEC committees ran 19 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 19 June 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $203.6–245.6K of spend. That makes Derek Tran the 40th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, California 45. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
19
ads on 1 page
$224.6K
reported spend, range $203.6–245.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$650
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$224.6K
19 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Derek Tran for Congress · $224.6K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $650
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 5.6%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$265–300K
5 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 1.3×
- Formats
- 5 video
- Impressions
- 5.2M–6.1M
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- California
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEREK TRAN FOR CONGRESS | 5 | 5 video | CA | 16 Oct | 4 Nov | $265–300K |
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 18 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Donald Trump$2.2K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%, Vietnamese 0.3%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| DEREK TRAN FOR CONGRESS C00851790 | 19 | $224.6K |
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.
The son of refugees. A kid working at his parents' market after school. A soldier who served because this country gave his family a chance. Derek Tran has lived many lives, and he's never forgotten where he's been.
7 October 2026 · Derek Tran for Congress · $60–70K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Trump dragged us into a war of choice in Iran — putting our troops at risk and costing taxpayers billions of dollars. I'm standing up to Trump in Congress — but I need you with me. Please donate $5, $35, or even $100 before my FEC deadline on June 30th.
19 June 2026 · Derek Tran for Congress · $2–2.5K · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Một cột mốc lịch sử: một người con của gia đình thuyền nhân tỵ nạn từ Little Saigon bước vào quốc hội Hoa Kỳ.
10 July 2026 · Derek Tran for Congress · $600 – $699 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I'm Derek Tran — Democrat representing California's 45th District, covering parts of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Big news: We just won the primary, and I'm officially headed to the General Election in CA-45. My race was the most expensive House race in the country last cycle — and outside groups are gearing up to spend even more this time. Please donate $5, $35, or even $100 before my upcoming deadline.
19 June 2026 · Derek Tran for Congress · $400 – $499 · 4K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Hi, I’m Derek Tran. I served this country in uniform as an Army veteran, and now I serve in a key swing seat in Congress. I’m in this fight not to play political games, but to fight for working families like mine. My parents fled Vietnam to give our family a better life. They worked long hours in their corner store, and we often counted on Medicaid and food assistance to scrape by during the bad times. So when Republicans plot to strip healthcare and assistance programs like those I relied on
23 September 2026 · Derek Tran for Congress · $300 – $399 · 2K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
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7 October 2026 · Derek Tran for Congress · $100 – $199 · 4K+ impressions · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Tran for Congress | 19 | $224.6K |
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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