United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Texas 15
Monica De La Cruz
Result: Lost · 37.7% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Monica De La Cruz’s FEC committees ran 25 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 8 May 2026 and 25 October 2026. Meta reports $15.6–20.5K of spend. That makes Monica De La Cruz the 365th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Texas 15. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
25
ads on 1 page
$18K
reported spend, range $15.6–20.5K
100%
of spend on federal races
$650
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$18K
25 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Monica De La Cruz · $18K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $650
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 52%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$117.3–151.2K
107 ads from 2 verified advertiser accounts, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 7.4×
- Formats
- 105 video · 2 text
- Impressions
- 4.4M–5.3M
- Targeting declared
- age on 105 ads · gender on 105 ads
- States named
- Texas
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONICA FOR CONGRESS | 105 | 105 video | TX | 5 Aug | 4 Nov | $98.3–126.7K |
| Monica for Congress | 2 | 2 text | national only | 6 Feb | 3 Nov | $19–24.5K |
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 2 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 25 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- My opponent$2.5K
- the DCCC$1.5K
- Democrats$1.4K
- my opponent$699
- Bobby Pulido$550
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| MONICA FOR CONGRESS C00765719 | 25 | $18K |
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.
Monica De La Cruz is in one of the most competitive midterm races. We need you to help keep the House GOP Majority.
8 September 2026 · Monica De La Cruz · $2–2.5K · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Monica De La Cruz voted YES to putting up to $11,000 back in YOUR pocket. From no tax on tips to no tax on overtime - Monica’s been fighting hard for South Texas in Congress, and she’s just getting started!
25 October 2026 · Monica De La Cruz · $1.5–2K · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
When a family was left with no other choice in their immigration case, they asked Monica De La Cruz for help. She answered the call and delivered. Monica De La Cruz has proven that she puts people over politics. It’s who she is and what she will continue to fight for in Congress.
20 October 2026 · Monica De La Cruz · $1.5–2K · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Speaker Johnson said it: Monica is one of the most effective members in Congress. He needs your help to keep her there.
8 September 2026 · Monica De La Cruz · $1–1.5K · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
It’s Monica De La Cruz. My opponent is colluding with a foreign politician to interfere in this election.
8 May 2026 · Monica De La Cruz · $1–1.5K · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
This is Monica De La Cruz. The DCCC recruited a Grammy celebrity to run against me in Texas. We can’t let him win!
8 May 2026 · Monica De La Cruz · $1–1.5K · 7K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Monica De La Cruz | 25 | $18K |
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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