United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, North Carolina 8
Colby Watson
Result: Lost · 48.6% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Colby Watson’s FEC committees ran 31 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 25 June 2026 and 22 October 2026. Meta reports $1.8–4.9K of spend. That makes Colby Watson the 748th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, North Carolina 8. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
31
ads on 1 page
$3.3K
reported spend, range $1.8–4.9K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 14 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 45%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| COLBY WATSON FOR CONGRESS C00920652 | 31 | $3.3K |
The committees whose ads count for the candidate, as the FEC names them.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Too often today, we see members of Congress, presidents, vice presidents, and other high-ranking officials accumulate enormous wealth while in office, even as the struggles of everyday Americans continue to grow. Public service was meant to serve the people, not self-interest. If someone’s goal is self-enrichment, there’s a place for that. It’s called the private sector, and I believe that’s where they should stay. I will work to close the pathways to personal enrichment for federally elected
15 October 2026 · Colby Watson for Congress · $400 – $499 · 30K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Scotland County I believe you should be able to have a conversation and ask questions directly to the person asking for your vote. So Monday, October 12, I’ll be at Brick + Mortar Downtown in Laurinburg from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at 209 S. Main Street. No matter your party affiliation, no question is off-limits. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat, Republican, or unaffiliated. It doesn’t matter if you support me or not. Maybe you’re just curious about where I stand. You’re welcome to come. Come
7 October 2026 · Colby Watson for Congress · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Working in the trades and running my own business taught me that anything worth building starts with a strong foundation. I believe government should be no different. For me, that foundation starts with trust, integrity, and hard work. If we want stronger communities and greater opportunity, we have to get back to the fundamentals of public service.
6 October 2026 · Colby Watson for Congress · $0 – $99 · 2K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Colby Watson for Congress | 31 | $3.3K |
Each name opens the page’s Vipima page, with its own figures and its link to Meta’s 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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