United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, California 17
Ritesh Tandon
Result: Lost · 29.2% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Ritesh Tandon’s FEC committees ran 19 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 15 May 2026 and 31 May 2026. Meta reports $100 – $2K of spend. That makes Ritesh Tandon the 934th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, California 17. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
19
ads on 1 page
$1K
reported spend, range $100 – $2K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 19 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Democrats$99
- Two Democrats$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 86%, Vietnamese 9.5%, Chinese 4.8%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| TANDON FOR CONGRESS C00721878 | 19 | $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.
Friends, I'm Ritesh Tandon, and I'm running for US Congress in CA-17. Twenty-six years ago, I came to the Bay Area with nothing but a dream. This community gave me an education. A career. A family. My two children were born and raised right here. Everything I am, I owe to the Bay Area — and to America. But the Bay Area I came to is not the Bay Area we live in today. A radical leftist agenda has taken hold. Crime is up. Costs are crushing families. Schools have abandoned merit. Sacramento has s
15 May 2026 · Ritesh Tandon for Congress · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
A fighter for our community — Ritesh Tandon for Congress, CA17
31 May 2026 · Ritesh Tandon for Congress · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Friends, I am the only Republican who can defeat Ro in November. I raised and spent $38K, whereas the other Republican did not even open an FEC account. Two Democrats are going strong in CD-17 — if you vote, I can be in the TOP 2 and give a tough fight to the leftist agenda. Please vote. Thank you, Ritesh Tandon
31 May 2026 · Ritesh Tandon for Congress · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Friends — It's not red or blue — it's your family. After 26 years fighting for our community, I'll work for your kids and your future every single day. Mail your ballot today — for the families Washington left behind. Vote Ritesh Tandon, Candidate for U.S. Congress, CA-17
25 May 2026 · Ritesh Tandon for Congress · $0 – $99 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Friends — Two career politicians have raised $15M+ to buy the CA-17 seat. All I have is you. I'm not running for a party — I'm running for our families, our kids, and the Silicon Valley that built this country. I can make the Top Two if the voters who want change simply show up. Mail your ballot TODAY — or drop it off if you haven't already. Thank you, Ritesh Tandon Candidate for U.S. Congress, CA-17
25 May 2026 · Ritesh Tandon for Congress · $0 – $99 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Friends — Two Democrats raised MILLIONS to lock up the Top 2. I don't have their money — I have YOU. Vote, and forward this to every friend in CA-17 (Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Milpitas, Alviso, parts of San Jose & Fremont). We will NOT let two Democrats run the table. Thank you, Ritesh Tandon Candidate for U.S. Congress, CA-17
25 May 2026 · Ritesh Tandon for Congress · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Ritesh Tandon for Congress | 19 | $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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