United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, California 40
Esther Varet
Esther Varet’s FEC committees ran 11 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 8 May 2026 and 2 June 2026. Meta reports $20.5–27.7K of spend. That makes Esther Varet the 308th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, California 40. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
11
ads on 1 page
$24.1K
reported spend, range $20.5–27.7K
100%
of spend on federal races
$150
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 11 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- our president$20.6K
- MAGA and Trump$2.5K
- Young Kim and Ken Calvert$650
- Young Kim and the Koch brothers$150
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| ESTHER KIM VARET FOR CONGRESS C00894915 | 11 | $24.1K |
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.
My grandparents escaped North Korea in the 1950s. Like so many immigrants, they found their American dream right here. Fast-forward to 2026: I can't imagine what they'd say if they saw their adopted homeland today. Military parades on our president's birthday. Giant banners of our president's face hanging off federal buildings. The Justice Department going after our president's so-called "enemies." My grandma didn't escape authoritarianism only for me and my children to wind up in it. That's w
8 May 2026 · Esther Kim Varet for Congress · $15–20K · 200K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
MAGA is afraid Esther Kim Varet will win this seat and stop Trump’s agenda dead in its tracks. They are sending out texts like these to raise the alarm. They are right. Esther Kim Varet will put a stop to the corruption, cruelty, and derail Trump’s second term by backing non-stop Congressional investigations. Vote Esther Kim Varet by June 2nd to take back the house, stop Trump and DESTROY his agenda.
31 May 2026 · Esther Kim Varet for Congress · $1–1.5K · 800K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
I'm facing off against not one, but TWO extreme MAGA Republicans in California's 40th Congressional District: anti-abortion evangelical extremist Young Kim and worn-out career politician Ken Calvert. We have a real chance to flip this seat and take down BOTH Republican incumbents this November. Not because of PAC money—I don’t take any. Not because of support from the political machine—I'm brand new to politics. Because 35,000+ normal Americans decided they were done watching career politicians
14 May 2026 · Esther Kim Varet for Congress · $600 – $699 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
We have just a few days left before the June 2nd primary, where we can defeat not just one, but TWO incumbent Republicans in Congress. My opponents Young Kim and Ken Calvert are spending millions attacking each other and will be badly damaged for November, but we need YOUR help to make the top two runoff and square up for November. Please contribute TODAY to help this movement win!! ~ ~ ~ My grandparents escaped North Korea in the 1950s. Like so many immigrants, they found their American drea
31 May 2026 · Esther Kim Varet for Congress · $100 – $199 · 3K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
The Koch brothers are scared... of ME? The MAGA billionaire Koch brothers just jumped into my congressional race, with less than 28 days until the primary. They're backing my opponent, evangelical extremist incumbent Young Kim—because they know she's on the verge of losing one of California's last Republican congressional seats. To me. Billionaires like these only pay attention to congressional races like mine when they're scared. I'm running an entirely grassroots campaign, but we've been b
14 May 2026 · Esther Kim Varet for Congress · $100 – $199 · 3K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Esther Kim Varet for Congress | 11 | $24.1K |
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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