United States 2026 · Every advertiser
Protect Progress
This page ran 36 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 6 May 2026 and 5 August 2026. Meta reports $86.5–102K of spend, which makes it the 736th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend was on the Democrats’ side. Race: Federal.
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
PROTECT PROGRESS, a super PAC (independent expenditures only). FEC committee C00848440 ↗
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC through 1 November 2026: $27.4M supporting Democrats or opposing Republicans in a general election, $0 supporting Republicans or opposing Democrats in a general election, $2.8M unplaced (opposition outside a general election, which is a fight inside a party, or a target whose party the filing does not name). The side above follows this record, not the wording of the ads: at least 90% of the dollars it placed for or against a party’s candidates went one way.
36
ads
$94.2K
reported spend, range $86.5–102K
87%
of spend on federal races
$650
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$94.2K
36 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Protect Progress · $94.2K
- Federal races
- 87%
- Median spend per ad
- $650
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 8.3%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$363.2–473.1K
314 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 4.4×
- Formats
- 314 video
- Impressions
- 31.2M–36.6M
- Targeting declared
- age on 32 ads · gender on 32 ads
- States named
- New York, California, Maryland, Texas, Georgia, Florida +2
- Last ad shown
- 3 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protect Progress | 314 | 314 video | NY, CA, MD +5 | 28 Apr | 3 Nov | $363.2–473.1K |
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 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 36 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Oliver Gilbert$12.1K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 87%, Local 13%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Adrian Boafo: Maryland’s fighter endorsed by Wes Moore, Angela Alsobrooks, and Steny Hoyer.
21 May 2026 · Protect Progress · $40–45K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Vote for Democrat Dr. Jasmine Clark for Congress on Tuesday, May 19!
6 May 2026 · Protect Progress · $7–8K · 250K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Oliver Gilbert is working for the MAGA donors bankrolling him — NOT us. On August 18, STOP Oliver Gilbert.
5 August 2026 · Protect Progress · $6–7K · 250K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Vote for Christian Menefee by Tuesday, May 26. Early voting runs May 18-22.
22 May 2026 · Protect Progress · $3.5–4K · 125K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Re-elect Congressman Christian Menefee, Houston's proven fighter. Vote on Election Day, May 26, or vote early May 18-22!
17 May 2026 · Protect Progress · $3.5–4K · 150K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Vote to re-elect Christian Menefee by Tuesday, May 26. Early voting runs May 18-22.
23 May 2026 · Protect Progress · $1.5–2K · 50K+ 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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