United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Kentucky 6
Ralph Alvarado
Result: Lost · 43.3% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Ralph Alvarado’s FEC committees ran 9 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 8 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $24.9–33.1K of spend. That makes Ralph Alvarado the 272nd largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Kentucky 6. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
9
ads on 1 page
$29K
reported spend, range $24.9–33.1K
100%
of spend on federal races
$2.2K
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$29K
9 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Ralph Alvarado · $29K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $2.2K
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 14%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$81.7–106.3K
40 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 3.2×
- Formats
- 40 video
- Impressions
- 3M–3.6M
- Targeting declared
- age on 28 ads · gender on 6 ads
- States named
- Kentucky
- Last ad shown
- 3 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALVARADO FOR KENTUCKY | 40 | 40 video | KY | 30 Apr | 3 Nov | $81.7–106.3K |
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 7 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Zach Dembo$3.2K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 81%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| ALVARADO FOR KENTUCKY C00912303 | 9 | $29K |
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.
Christian, Husband, Father, Physician. The True Conservative for Central Kentucky.
20 October 2026 · Ralph Alvarado · $10–15K · 400K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Zach Dembo backs higher taxes on Social Security benefits. Seniors paid in their whole lives. Dr. Ralph Alvarado will protect Social Security and fight to lower taxes.
19 October 2026 · Ralph Alvarado · $3–3.5K · 150K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Thank you President Trump for your COMPLETE and TOTAL ENDORSEMENT! I will not let you down!
8 May 2026 · Ralph Alvarado · $2–2.5K · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Curious about the current state of the race in KY-06? We just released information from all three of our internal polls! 👉 Follow this link to read the press release: https://tinyurl.com/Alvarado-for-Congress 👉 Follow this link to view additional details on all three internal polls conducted: https://tinyurl.com/Alvarado-Polling
14 May 2026 · Ralph Alvarado · $1–1.5K · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Ralph Alvarado | 9 | $29K |
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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