United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, California 37
Samantha Mota
Result: Lost · 38.2% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Samantha Mota’s FEC committees ran 6 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 24 August 2026 and 3 October 2026. Meta reports $300 – $894 of spend. That makes Samantha Mota the 996th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, California 37. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
6
ads on 1 page
$597
reported spend, range $300 – $894
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 6 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| SAMANTHA MOTA FOR CONGRESS C00908947 | 6 | $597 |
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.
A seat in the House is a seat for ALL. of us 🗳 I'm Samantha Mota. I'm running for Congress because we NEED effective representation and leadership. Less than 2% of state legislatures come from working-class backgrounds. This has led to the people being misrepresented and underserved at all levels of government. That's why I'm running: to be a voice for the people, foster trust in our government, and increase participation in the political process. It has always been my greatest dream to serv
3 October 2026 · Samantha Mota for Congress · $200 – $299 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
We made it to the general 🥳🗳 Thank you to each and every one of you who has donated and supported this campaign because none of it would be possible without you‼️🙏🏽✨️
25 August 2026 · Samantha Mota for Congress · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Samantha Mota for Congress | 6 | $597 |
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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