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Matt Johnston for Delegate

This page ran 7 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 25 September 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $2.9–3.6K of spend, which makes it the 8,193rd 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 Friends of Matt Johnston.

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 ↗

7

ads

$3.2K

reported spend, range $2.9–3.6K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$450

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
43%
Promotional
57%

Share of the 7 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • his opponent$950
  • Seth Howard$599

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

Topics

Candidate profile
57%
Corruption & governance
43%
Economy & cost of living
29%
Infrastructure & energy
29%
Agriculture & food
14%

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.

  • While his opponent has received 250+ checks from corporations and PACs, Matt Johnston is running to ban these types of contributions for good. Authority by: Friends of Matt Johnston, Marie Del Bianco, Treasurer

    11 October 2026 · Matt Johnston for Delegate · $900 – $999 · 45K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Matt Johnston knows how to protect South County. He's been doing that work for years. By Authority: Friends of Matt Johnston Marie Del Bianco, Treasurer

    19 October 2026 · Matt Johnston for Delegate · $700 – $799 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Seth Howard has accepted more than 250 contributions from PACs and big corporations that are driving up your costs, like BGE. Matt Johnston is running to ban contributions like this for good. Let's send Matt to Annapolis to make our government work for us, not corporations. Authority by: Friends of Matt Johnston, Marie Del Bianco, Treasurer

    26 October 2026 · Matt Johnston for Delegate · $500 – $599 · 20K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • South County is home and Matt Johnston has spent years protecting it. Now he's running to fight for our families, forests, farms, and the Chesapeake Bay. Vote Matt Johnston for Delegate today! By Authority: Friends of Matt Johnston, Marie Del Bianco, Treasurer

    21 October 2026 · Matt Johnston for Delegate · $400 – $499 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Matt has spent his career standing up for the communities, land, and waterways that make South County such a special place to call home. From protecting forests and restoring rivers, to organizing with neighbors, his focus has always been the same: showing up and getting results. Matt is ready to br...

    4 October 2026 · Matt Johnston for Delegate · $200 – $299 · 9K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Running for Maryland House of Delegates, District 30B in southern Anne Arundel County; Authority by Marie Del Bianco, Treasurer

    25 September 2026 · Matt Johnston for Delegate · $200 – $299 · 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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Matt Johnston for Delegate: political ads on Facebook and Instagram before the 2026 US midterms · Vipima