2026 FEC independent expenditures

Political advertising filings

Name: 2026 federal political communication and independent-expenditure filing records
Creator: Federal Election Commission

Search reported spending by sponsor, candidate, purpose or payee, then open the source filing.

Finance filings do not establish ad creative, audiences, impressions or whether anyone saw an ad.

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175 matching records

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SUPPORTCalifornia · District 22

Leaders We Deserve

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

Postage - Non-Contribution AccountStrategic Media Advisors

Amount: $22,520.90
Dissemination: Mar 31, 2026
Expenditure date: Mar 27, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

SUPPORTCalifornia · District 22

Leaders We Deserve

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

Direct Mail Production - Non-Contribution AccountStrategic Media Advisors

Amount: $20,245.39
Dissemination: Mar 31, 2026
Expenditure date: Mar 27, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

SUPPORTCalifornia · District 22

Leaders We Deserve

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

Data - Non-Contribution AccountStrategic Media Advisors

Amount: $2,161.68
Dissemination: Mar 31, 2026
Expenditure date: Mar 27, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

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OPPOSECalifornia · District 22

HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUST

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

MEDIA PLACEMENTPOOLHOUSE AGENCY LLC

Amount: $10,000.00
Dissemination: Oct 19, 2026
Expenditure date: Oct 14, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Dissemination date 2026-10-19 is after the source import on 2026-10-16.
Dissemination date 2026-10-19 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-10-14.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

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OPPOSECalifornia · District 22

HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUST

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

MEDIA PRODUCTIONPOOLHOUSE AGENCY LLC

Amount: $2,000.00
Dissemination: Oct 19, 2026
Expenditure date: Oct 14, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Dissemination date 2026-10-19 is after the source import on 2026-10-16.
Dissemination date 2026-10-19 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-10-14.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

SUPPORTCalifornia · District 22

Working Families Party PAC

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

Digital adsLC Media LLC

Amount: $43,333.33
Dissemination: Oct 13, 2026
Expenditure date: Oct 9, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Dissemination date 2026-10-13 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-10-10.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

SUPPORTCalifornia · District 22

Working Families Party PAC

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

Digital ads video productionLC Media LLC

Amount: $40,500.00
Dissemination: Oct 13, 2026
Expenditure date: Oct 3, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Dissemination date 2026-10-13 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-10-08.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

SUPPORTCalifornia · District 22

DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING PROJECT

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

BillboardsRolling Outdoor Media

Amount: $10,150.00
Dissemination: Oct 5, 2026
Expenditure date: Aug 21, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Dissemination date 2026-10-05 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-10-03.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

SUPPORTCalifornia · District 22

American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees PEOPLE

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

2026 IE Media Buy for digital ads in CA House race. ESTIMATEPRIORITIES USA ACTION

Amount: $544,500.00
Dissemination: Sep 22, 2026
Expenditure date: Sep 24, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Expenditure date 2026-09-24 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-09-22.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

SUPPORTCalifornia · District 22

American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees PEOPLE

reported spending involving Randy Villegas

2026 IE Production Costs for digital ads in CA House race. ESTIMATEPRIORITIES USA ACTION

Amount: $34,400.00
Dissemination: Sep 22, 2026
Expenditure date: Sep 24, 2026
FEC candidate: H6CA22190

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Expenditure date 2026-09-24 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-09-22.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

FILING, NOT CREATIVE

A searchable sponsor record with a hard evidence boundary.

Each page preserves one current or retained historical FEC independent-expenditure filing row. Historical rows remain accessible but are excluded from current spending totals. A filing may describe advertising, mail, calls, canvassing, production, or another expressly advocated communication or activity. Electionpedia does not claim that every row contains a viewable ad creative.

Amendment policy543 superseded filing versions excluded from current rowsRetained history238 earlier public rows remain accessible and excluded from current spending totalsQuarantined spending rows174 current rows excluded from spending totalsSource-date alerts1,185 import/receipt-date anomalies retained and flaggedAPIJSON records ↗

Source: Federal Election Commission bulk data ↗, checked Oct 16, 2026. Purpose and payee text reproduce filer-supplied source fields. Electionpedia does not infer a platform, audience, targeting geography, creative content, or service actually delivered from those fields.

About these records and sources

Search current 2026 FEC independent-expenditure rows and retained historical records. Historical rows are excluded from current spending totals. The directory preserves the filer's purpose and payee text, but never pretends a finance filing contains the ad creative, audience, or proof that anyone saw it.

Current FEC filing rows25,284

Historical rows retained238

Outside spenders across all rows725

Named candidates across all rows743

All rows with purpose text25,519

WHAT THE FILING PROVES

A filer reported this spending row.

The page can reproduce the spender, candidate, amount, position code, dates, purpose, payee, election fields, and exact FEC filing image.

WHAT IT DOES NOT PROVE

What the creative said—or who saw it.

An independent-expenditure filing proves only that the filer reported the fields shown. It does not prove coordination, persuasion, effectiveness, audience exposure, candidate approval, motive, or wrongdoing.