United States 2026 · Every advertiser
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This page ran 134 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 5 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $11.4–25.1K of spend, which makes it the 2,797th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Media. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by Franklin News Foundation.
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 ↗
134
ads
$18.2K
reported spend, range $11.4–25.1K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 131 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Josh Shapiro$599
- Illinois' top state attorney$350
- Walz administration$350
- Lower Merion School District$350
- Illinois lawmakers$250
- hundreds of school districts$250
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: State 0.5%, Ballot measures 4.1%, Local 0.8%, No specific race 95%.
Spend by ad language: English 99%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
The stories that shape your daily life rarely begin as national headlines. They start closer to home. The States follows the records, spending, and policy decisions behind those stories. We report what was decided on your behalf, what it costs, and who pays.
22 June 2026 · The Center Square · $1.5–2K · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Could Illinois eventually split into two states? Voters in 12 Illinois counties will weigh in on whether their counties should pursue separating from Cook County, home to Chicago. According to Illinois Separation organizer Laurette Newlin, 33 counties have already approved similar resolutions. She says previous votes saw 74% support in counties that approved them. But these votes are nonbinding. They won't split Illinois into two states or immediately change county boundaries.
15 October 2026 · The Center Square · $700 – $799 · 125K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
A socialist convention is happening in Chicago this Labor Day weekend, and a conservative group is using it to make a point: while attendees debate abolishing police, courts and private ownership of major industries, a rival group wants to ask them directly which they value more, government control or personal freedom.
4 September 2026 · The Center Square · $600 – $699 · 90K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Organizers say Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office has not responded to multiple invitations to a virtual town hall on data centers. The meeting follows growing debate over proposed projects and calls for clearer statewide rules on development. Read more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_c962f47e-e2e9-4056-9cf9-aa2e936d2244.html
12 May 2026 · The Center Square · $500 – $599 · 175K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Should FEMA funding be restored separately from the rest of the Department of Homeland Security?
23 October 2026 · The Center Square · $400 – $499 · 70K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Vice President JD Vance received 44% support for the 2028 Republican presidential primary, his highest showing across five surveys conducted by The Center Square over the past year. The latest Voters' Voice Poll found Secretary of State Marco Rubio in second place with 18%, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 8% and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz at 5%. Vance's support has risen from 38% in October 2025 to 44% this month, even as the number of Republican candidates included in the survey increased fr
16 October 2026 · The Center Square · $400 – $499 · 60K+ impressions · Informational · 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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