United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, California 14

Matt Ortega

Matt Ortega’s FEC committees ran 22 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 13 May 2026 and 2 June 2026. Meta reports $700 – $2.9K of spend. That makes Matt Ortega the 862nd largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, California 14. Party: Democrats.

Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.

22

ads on 1 page

$1.8K

reported spend, range $700 – $2.9K

100%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

1 Jun
6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
41%
Promotional
59%

Share of the 22 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Trump officials$348
  • Rakhi Israni$199
  • Trump administration$199

Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.

Topics

Corruption & governance
64%
Economy & cost of living
32%
Electoral process & turnout
18%
Candidate profile
18%
Health
4.5%

Spend by race: Federal 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 89%, Spanish 11%.

FEC committees

FEC committeeAdsSpend ($)
MATT ORTEGA FOR CONGRESS C0093086722$1.8K

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.

  • Bold reform isn't a luxury — it's the only way to fix what's broken. Matt Ortega is the only candidate in CA-14 on the record for SCOTUS expansion, DC statehood, and getting corrupt money out of politics. Polls close June 2. Get the plan. Paid for by Matt Ortega for Congress

    2 June 2026 · Matt Ortega for Congress · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • The Supreme Court is broken. Democracy is fragile. We need bold reform: expand the Court, DC statehood, end corrupt money in politics. Matt Ortega is on the ballot in CA-14 on June 2. Make a plan to vote. Paid for by Matt Ortega for Congress

    2 June 2026 · Matt Ortega for Congress · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • En la nación más rica de la Tierra, la vida debería ser más fácil que esto. Esto es por lo que estoy luchando para hacer tu vida más fácil.

    21 May 2026 · Matt Ortega for Congress · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad LibrarySpanish

  • Rakhi Israni funds far-right MAGA candidates like Laura Loomer!

    21 May 2026 · Matt Ortega for Congress · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Show you want accountability for the crimes committed by the Trump administration.

    21 May 2026 · Matt Ortega for Congress · $100 – $199 · 9K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • We cannot repeat the mistakes of the past and "turn the page" on the Trump era. We must hold them accountable—including prosecutions.

    21 May 2026 · Matt Ortega for Congress · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

Pages that ran the ads

PageAdsSpend ($)
Matt Ortega for Congress22$1.8K

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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Matt Ortega (House, California 14): Facebook and Instagram ads in the 2026 midterms · Vipima