United States 2026 · Every advertiser

Blaine Watkins for Iowa

This page ran 4 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 11 August 2026 and 13 October 2026. Meta reports $0 – $396 of spend, which makes it the 20,195th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: State.

Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗

4

ads

$198

reported spend, range $0 – $396

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Promotional
50%
Informational
50%

Share of the 4 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Agriculture & food
75%
Economy & cost of living
25%
Education
25%
Other
25%
Infrastructure & energy
25%
Jobs & youth
25%

Spend by race: State 75%, No specific race 25%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.

  • Fighting for Lee County every day at the Capitol. Proud to stand for lower taxes, a stronger rural economy, opportunity for our students, and clean, safe water for Iowa families.

    13 October 2026 · Blaine Watkins for Iowa · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • 📰 Breaking News: a huge win for southeast Iowa!

    28 September 2026 · Blaine Watkins for Iowa · $0 – $99 · 2K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • Iowa’s farmers are doing their part to improve water quality across the state.

    3 September 2026 · Blaine Watkins for Iowa · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library

  • Across southeast Iowa, I keep hearing the same thing: folks want the right to repair their own equipment. I’ve been leading the push this session, and while we didn’t get it across the finish line, the work isn’t done. I’m am committed to continuing the fight next session for a solution that works for Iowa.

    11 August 2026 · Blaine Watkins for Iowa · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Promotional · 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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Blaine Watkins for Iowa: political ads on Facebook and Instagram before the 2026 US midterms · Vipima