Direct answer
What did this FEC row report?
CFF reported $16,770.20 in independent-expenditure activity opposing Ken Calvert. The filer supplied purpose text “MEDIA PLACEMENT” and named payee TOTAL VIDEO PLACEMENTS.
Open official FEC filing ↗FEC independent expenditure · California District 40
CFF
opposing Ken Calvert
OPPOSE$16,770.20May 20, 2026
OPPOSE
Filer-supplied fields
Reported communication-spending record
- Spender
- CFF
- Spender FEC ID
- C00927426
- Named candidate
- Ken Calvert
- Candidate FEC ID
- H2CA37023
- Reported position
- OPPOSE
- Amount
- $16,770.20
- Purpose text
- MEDIA PLACEMENT
- Payee
- TOTAL VIDEO PLACEMENTS
- Expenditure date
- May 19, 2026
- Dissemination date
- May 20, 2026
- Receipt date
- May 21, 2026
- Election type
- P
- Office
- H · California District 40
- Candidate party
- REPUBLICAN PARTY
- FEC file number
- 1978465
- Transaction ID
- SE24.32110
- Amendment indicator
- N
- Election.org ID
- eop-ad-1suz4yc
Interpretation boundary
A finance row is not the ad itself.
THIS PAGE CAN SAY
The FEC current file contains this sponsor, candidate, amount, position, purpose, payee, date, and filing identity.
THIS PAGE CANNOT SAY
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. Purpose and payee text reproduce filer-supplied source fields. Election.org does not infer a platform, audience, targeting geography, creative content, or service actually delivered from those fields.
Same exact FEC candidate ID
Other reported independent expenditures involving Ken Calvert
SUPPORTAmericans 4 Security PAC$200,982.14 · Aug 20, 2026 →SUPPORTAmericans 4 Security PAC$26,546.98 · Aug 20, 2026 →SUPPORTAmericans 4 Security PAC$107,020.53 · Aug 11, 2026 →SUPPORTAmericans 4 Security PAC$25,849.95 · Aug 11, 2026 →SUPPORTCALIFORNIA CONSERVATIVES PAC$3,190.34 · May 31, 2026 →OPPOSECFF$26,000.00 · May 30, 2026 →SUPPORTPEACE THROUGH STRENGTH PAC$2,500.00 · May 30, 2026 →SUPPORTPEACE THROUGH STRENGTH PAC$2,500.00 · May 30, 2026 →
Same exact FEC spender ID
Other rows reported by CFF
OPPOSEKen Calvert$26,000.00 · May 30, 2026 →OPPOSEKen Calvert$98,784.48 · May 27, 2026 →OPPOSEKen Calvert$89,123.00 · May 27, 2026 →OPPOSEKen Calvert$23,103.35 · May 21, 2026 →OPPOSEKen Calvert$89,123.00 · May 20, 2026 →OPPOSEKen Calvert$66,109.43 · May 20, 2026 →OPPOSEKen Calvert$13,482.48 · May 16, 2026 →OPPOSEKen Calvert$89,123.00 · May 13, 2026 →