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Garlin Gilchrist II

This page ran 294 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 7 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $15.6–46.3K of spend, which makes it the 1,870th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend was on the Democrats’ side. Race: State. Paid for by Garlin Gilchrist for Michigan.

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 ↗

294

ads

$31K

reported spend, range $15.6–46.3K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

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

Tone

Attack
84%
Promotional
16%

Share of the 290 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Donald Trump$7.9K
  • Anthony Forlini$4.6K
  • Donald Trump and his DOJ; his MAGA extremist opponent$4.1K
  • MAGA$3.9K
  • my MAGA opponent$1.5K
  • My MAGA opponent$1.2K

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

Topics

Electoral process & turnout
100%
Corruption & governance
59%
Candidate profile
23%
Security, crime & immigration
0.3%

Spend by race: State 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 99%.

The costliest ads

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

  • Five dollars. That’s all I’m asking for. I’m Garlin Gilchrist, and I’m running to serve as Michigan Secretary of State. I am committed to protecting free and fair elections here in Michigan. Meanwhile, my opponent Anthony Forlini won’t readily accept the results of an election that happened six years ago. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶 – 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’

    14 October 2026 · Garlin Gilchrist II · $1–1.5K · 30K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has a message for you: Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist has spent 8 years serving Michigan — and he's the leader we need protecting our elections as Secretary of State. I trust him and I know you can, too, which is why I'm asking you today to rush a $5, $10 contribution to his campaign. This race comes down to people power. Can you donate to his campaign today?

    31 August 2026 · Garlin Gilchrist II · $1–1.5K · 25K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • 🚨 We CANNOT afford to lose Michigan’s Secretary of State race to MAGA! This race could come down to the wire. The latest polling has me TIED with my MAGA opponent in this toss-up race for Secretary of State. And with control of the office responsible for protecting Michigan’s elections on the line, we know the MAGA machine will do everything it can to win. 🔵 That means we need to start the general election as strong as possible. We need the resources to reach voters in every corner of Mic

    14 August 2026 · Garlin Gilchrist II · $1–1.5K · 20K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲! I’m so grateful for the opportunity to lead our state in the fight against Trump’s voter suppression agenda. It’s time to get to work. I’m facing off against MAGA’s hand-picked candidate, and election experts at Sabato’s Crystal Ball call this race a TOSS-UP. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝗻 $𝟱 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲

    6 August 2026 · Garlin Gilchrist II · $1–1.5K · 8K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Donald Trump and his DOJ have shown they will do anything to try to intimidate Michigan voters and interfere in our elections. As Secretary of State, Garlin Gilchrist will Stand TALL against any attempt to turn Michigan polling places into political battlegrounds. But that can only happen if he wins his TOSS-UP race against his MAGA extremist opponent who has spent years spreading lies about election integrity. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝘄𝗶𝘁

    24 July 2026 · Garlin Gilchrist II · $900 – $999 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Protecting elections can be a tall order these days. Garlin Gilchrist, running for Michigan's Secretary of State, is up to the task. Watch this quick message from Garlin and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, then chip in $10 to Garlin's people-powered campaign >>>

    31 August 2026 · Garlin Gilchrist II · $500 – $599 · 15K+ 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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