United States 2026 · Every advertiser
Thomas Smith for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3
This page ran 4 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 19 May 2026 and 20 May 2026. Meta reports $3.3–4.5K of spend, which makes it the 7,445th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend was on the Republicans’ side. Race: State. Paid for by Thomas Smith Texans For.
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 ↗
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- my opponent, a former top deputy to your Soros DA Joe Gonzales$2.5K
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Spend by race: State 100%.
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For the last 8 years Bexar County has suffered rampant crime while the DA has prosecuted police officers. Bexar County Republicans and law enforcement cannot afford to have my opponent, a former top deputy to your Soros DA Joe Gonzales, sitting on our state’s highest criminal court. The good people of Bexar County deserve a law and order conservative on the Court of Criminal Appeals, Thomas Smith, who believes in conservative justice and applying the penal code rather than treating it as optiona
19 May 2026 · Thomas Smith for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 · $1–1.5K · 100K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Texas demands a Court of Criminal Appeals who protect kids, families & the rule of law, & rejects judicial lawlessness, activism, & hug a thug “justice.” That is why I’m running for this court. Help me protect the Texas you love so much. VOTE! EV 5/18-22 Election Day 5/26
19 May 2026 · Thomas Smith for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 · $800 – $899 · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
The Court of Criminal Appeals left us “dead in the water.” - Senator Mayes Middleton. Galveston County is one of many counties where conservative Republicans are concerned about election integrity, especially after the Court of Criminal Appeals took away the Attorney General’s power to prosecute election related crimes. Senator Middleton understands election integrity and I understand, like Galveston County conservatives do, that we need to get activist judges off the bench. Help me restore this
20 May 2026 · Thomas Smith for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 · $500 – $599 · 45K+ 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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