United States 2026 · Every advertiser
Bridgford For Iowa
This page ran 145 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 5 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $110.1–148.7K of spend, which makes it the 563rd largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: Federal. Paid for by Bridgford for Iowa. It belongs to Michael Bridgford, whose page gathers all of their pages.
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 ↗
On the FEC record
BRIDGFORD FOR IOWA, a House candidate’s committee. FEC committee C00947432 ↗
A candidate’s own committee: Michael Bridgford, of another party, running for the House in Iowa, district 01. The FEC records neither major party for the candidate, so the side above is our model’s reading of the ads.
145
ads
$129.4K
reported spend, range $110.1–148.7K
100%
of spend on federal races
$250
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$129.4K
145 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Bridgford For Iowa · $129.4K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $250
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 23%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$14.5–17.5K
5 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.1×
- Formats
- 5 video
- Impressions
- 595K–710K
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- Iowa
- Last ad shown
- 3 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgford for Iowa | 5 | 5 video | IA | 16 Sep | 3 Nov | $14.5–17.5K |
Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 137 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- @millermeeks$5.5K
- Bohannan and Miller-Meeks$1.8K
- politicians$1.5K
- Miller-Meeks$1.4K
- They$1.2K
- Washington politicians$1.2K
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 97%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
My family was pushed out of farming in the last farm crisis. I'm running to prevent that from happening to the next generation. We need to stop the party games, lower everyday prices, and help rural communities.
30 September 2026 · Bridgford For Iowa · $10–15K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
We have more in common than we're led to believe. It's time to work on finding common sense solutions and ending the division.
19 September 2026 · Bridgford For Iowa · $10–15K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
If you're tired of the negative advertising, we are too. It's time for a change. It's time to put Iowa families first.
19 September 2026 · Bridgford For Iowa · $7–8K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Campaign season in Iowa sounding like… #IowaPolitics #IAmIndependent Michael Bridgford has a regular job. He’s not even a career politician. Michael Bridgford says no to big tech. Doesn’t he know mass surveillance is hip and trendy now? Michael Bridgford says he’s proud to have gone to public schools. How does he expect to fit in in Washington with that attitude? Michael Bridgford was raised just outside the quad cities. How can we expect coastal money from someone so… local? Michael Bridg
28 September 2026 · Bridgford For Iowa · $6–7K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
“Im fed up and it’s time to do something different.” Who else can agree?
30 July 2026 · Bridgford For Iowa · $5–6K · 350K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
The independent movement is happening across the country. Iowa, join us. Vote Bridgford.
22 October 2026 · Bridgford For Iowa · $3.5–4K · 500K+ 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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