United States 2026 · Every advertiser

Dr. Rob Bahnsen for State Representative

This page ran 40 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 28 May 2026 and 11 September 2026. Meta reports $6.9–12.1K of spend, which makes it the 4,393rd largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: State. Paid for by Robert Bahnsen for Delaware.

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 ↗

40

ads

$9.5K

reported spend, range $6.9–12.1K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

1 Jun
6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
55%
Promotional
43%
Informational
2.5%

Share of the 40 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • establishment Democrats in DE$3.9K
  • Krista Griffith$199

Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.

Topics

Corruption & governance
55%
Candidate profile
40%
Health
33%
Electoral process & turnout
5.0%
Education
2.5%
Social protection
2.5%

Spend by race: State 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

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

  • Dr. Rob has worked in some of Delaware's largest ERs, ICUs, and hospital wards. Now he wants to work for District 12.

    7 July 2026 · Dr. Rob Bahnsen for State Representative · $1.5–2K · 150K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • PACs have spent over a million dollars protecting establishment Democrats in DE who vote how they're paid to. No more.

    19 August 2026 · Dr. Rob Bahnsen for State Representative · $1–1.5K · 50K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Thank you to Spotlight Delaware for the opportunity to talk about my platform and the future of District 12. I believe it's time for new, bold, progressive leadership, and I want to earn your vote. Please share, comment, and send this piece around. I want every voter in our district to be as informed as possible!

    8 September 2026 · Dr. Rob Bahnsen for State Representative · $200 – $299 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • This is the story of Senate Bill 21—who wrote it, why it was rushed through, and what we should think about a year later.

    10 July 2026 · Dr. Rob Bahnsen for State Representative · $200 – $299 · 7K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • I hear that an attack mailer from this PAC will be hitting mailboxes today. I take it as a badge of honor. They did get one thing correct - I am not fighting for the interests of "First State Future PAC" or the clients these law firms represent, like Elon Musk, FOX News, Walmart, or Palantir. I am fighting for people. Children who deserve better schools. Teachers who deserve better pay. Vulnerable communities and those with disabilities that deserve to participate meaningfully in our soc

    31 July 2026 · Dr. Rob Bahnsen for State Representative · $100 – $199 · 6K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • One of the reasons Senate Bill 21 is and was so controversial is the manner in which it was passed. In part 3, Charles shares what it was like to be an opponent of the bill and his experiences interacting with the bill's primary sponsor in the House, Krista Griffith. We also explore some of the publicly available campaign finance data. Voters can and should see who is funding their representatives. Stay tuned for parts 4-6!

    18 July 2026 · Dr. Rob Bahnsen for State Representative · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · 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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