United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · Senate, Texas
Rafael Cruz
Rafael Cruz’s FEC committees ran 33 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 16 July 2026 and 16 October 2026. Meta reports $189.9–241.8K of spend. That makes Rafael Cruz the 44th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for Senate, Texas. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
33
ads on 1 page
$215.8K
reported spend, range $189.9–241.8K
100%
of spend on federal races
$2.2K
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$215.8K
33 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Ted Cruz · $215.8K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $2.2K
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 0.0%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$1.3–2K
3 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 16 August 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0×
- Formats
- 2 video · 1 text
- Impressions
- 53K–65K
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- Texas
- Last ad shown
- 16 Aug
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TED CRUZ FOR SENATE | 3 | 2 video · 1 text | TX | 24 Jun | 16 Aug | $1.3–2K |
Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 14 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 68%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| TED CRUZ FOR SENATE C00492785 | 33 | $215.8K |
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.
Will it all come down to Texas? Urgent - Watch this video I recorded for you...
4 September 2026 · Ted Cruz · $30–35K · 500K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Please watch. I need your help. - Ted Cruz
25 August 2026 · Ted Cruz · $15–20K · 200K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I have no words...
16 October 2026 · Ted Cruz · $10–15K · 175K+ impressions · Ad Library
The final nail in the coffin? Please READ
12 August 2026 · Ted Cruz · $10–15K · 125K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
I'm pleading with you...
30 September 2026 · Ted Cruz · $7–8K · 100K+ impressions · Ad Library
I pray that I’m wrong, but I fear this could be “Farewell” Please watch my heartfelt message...
4 August 2026 · Ted Cruz · $5–6K · 100K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Ted Cruz | 33 | $215.8K |
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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