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Josh Riley

This page ran 112 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 12 June 2026 and 20 October 2026. Meta reports $46.3–62.6K of spend, which makes it the 1,199th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend was on the Democrats’ side. Race: Federal. Paid for by Josh Riley for Congress. It belongs to Josh Riley, 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

JOSH RILEY FOR CONGRESS, a House candidate’s committee. FEC committee C00793760 ↗

A candidate’s own committee: Josh Riley, Democrat, running for the House in New York, district 19. The side above is the candidate’s party on the FEC record.

112

ads

$54.4K

reported spend, range $46.3–62.6K

100%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Meta and Google side by side

On MetaFacebook · Instagram

$54.4K

112 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026

Largest page
Josh Riley · $54.4K
Federal races
100%
Median spend per ad
$50
Attack ads, of text ads
10%

Ad Library

On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display

$148.8–175.3K

44 ads from 2 verified advertiser accounts, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026

Against Meta spend
3×
Formats
36 video · 8 text
Impressions
5.8M–6.8M
Targeting declared
no age or gender
States named
New York
Last ad shown
3 Nov

Google Ads Transparency Center

Google advertiser accounts

AdvertiserAdsFormatsStatesFirst adLast adSpend
Josh Riley for Congress3836 video · 2 textNY8 Sep3 Nov$132–155.4K
Josh Riley for Congress66 textNY26 Sep3 Nov$16.8–19.9K

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 2 largest.

Spend by week the ad started

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

Tone

Attack
10%
Promotional
90%

Share of the 96 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Donald Trump, Mike Johnson, and the Republican candidate$748
  • Peter Oberacker$248

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

Topics

Corruption & governance
56%
Candidate profile
56%
Jobs & youth
33%
Economy & cost of living
29%
Electoral process & turnout
28%
Security, crime & immigration
5.2%

Spend by race: Federal 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 99%.

The costliest ads

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

  • Big corporations and corrupt politicians have had their way in Washington for too long. Josh Riley is putting working families first by taking zero corporate PAC dollars.

    8 September 2026 · Josh Riley · $4–4.5K · 500K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Hi, it’s Al Franken. I’m reaching out today to ask for your support for my friend, Josh Riley. Josh represents the 19th district in Upstate New York. It’s going to be one of the most competitive and expensive races in the whole country, and it’s one that we absolutely have to win to take back the House. Josh doesn't take corporate PAC money, so he's counting on your support to stay in Congress. Please give to Josh’s campaign today to help him keep this seat blue!

    2 September 2026 · Josh Riley · $3.5–4K · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Donald Trump and Mike Johnson have nominated Peter Oberacker, a MAGA Republican, to run against me, and I need your support to keep our seat in Congress. I’m Josh Riley, the Democrat and fifth-generation Upstate New Yorker representing NY-19. I don’t take corporate PAC money, so I rely on folks like you who are ready to take back the House to keep our campaign going. Can you chip in $25 today to help us win again in what was the most expensive House race in 2024?

    16 July 2026 · Josh Riley · $1.5–2K · 35K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Politicians in Washington get rich off inside information. That is why Josh Riley is fighting to ban Congressional stock trading. Josh Riley doesn't take a dime of corporate PAC money because Josh Riley fights for us.

    20 October 2026 · Josh Riley · $1–1.5K · 90K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Josh Riley doesn't take a dime of corporate PAC money. Josh Riley took on NYSEG and corporations to fight utility rate hikes. While Washington may work for corporations, Josh Riley fights for us.

    20 October 2026 · Josh Riley · $400 – $499 · 35K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • 🚨 Donald Trump and Mike Johnson have jumped into the Congressional race in New York’s 19th Congressional District because they know their House majority is on the line. They've hand-picked a Republican candidate who, right after launching his campaign, lied about where he was born, was found cashing a check from NYSEG just before a rate hike, and nearly hired a Nazi sympathizer as a campaign advisor. Josh Riley is fighting this kind of extremism and corruption in real time, which is why the M

    22 June 2026 · Josh Riley · $200 – $299 · 2K+ 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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