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Illinois Daily

This page ran 160 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 15 May 2026 and 17 October 2026. Meta reports $183.5–239.1K of spend, which makes it the 362nd 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 JB for Governor.

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 ↗

160

ads

$211.3K

reported spend, range $183.5–239.1K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$450

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
43%
Promotional
58%

Share of the 160 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Darren Bailey$52.1K
  • Donald Trump$1.9K

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

Topics

Economy & cost of living
76%
Candidate profile
38%
Security, crime & immigration
23%
Infrastructure & energy
13%
Corruption & governance
11%
Health
10%
Education
8.8%
Agriculture & food
2.5%

Spend by race: State 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 98%, Spanish 2.1%.

The costliest ads

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

  • Illinois has earned 10 credit upgrades under Governor JB Pritzker's leadership. That means less taxpayer money spent on interest payments and more invested in tax relief for working families and the critical services Illinoisans rely on.

    12 June 2026 · Illinois Daily · $15–20K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Citing “good fiscal management” under Governor JB Pritzker’s leadership, Illinois has received its 12th credit rating upgrade since Pritzker took office in 2019.

    21 September 2026 · Illinois Daily · $10–15K · 900K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Darren Bailey has extreme ideas and he wants to bring those extreme ideas into classrooms across Illinois. He even founded a school that teaches a curriculum that says evolution isn't real and that slave owners were kind to their slaves.

    21 September 2026 · Illinois Daily · $10–15K · 1M+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • When companies choose to grow in Illinois, it means more jobs, more investment, and stronger communities. Under Governor Pritzker's leadership, businesses are choosing Illinois, creating jobs, and helping keep our state at the forefront of American manufacturing.

    29 June 2026 · Illinois Daily · $5–6K · 900K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Governor JB Pritzker’s BUILD plan is taking on Illinois’ housing shortage head-on. By cutting outdated zoning restrictions, legalizing more middle-income housing options, and speeding up development, this new plan would make it easier for working families to find affordable places to live across the state.

    18 May 2026 · Illinois Daily · $4.5–5K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Since Governor JB Pritzker took office in 2019, Illinois has earned 12 credit rating upgrades. This means lower interest rates for the state and millions of dollars in savings for Illinois’ taxpayers.

    17 October 2026 · Illinois Daily · $4–4.5K · 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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