United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Tennessee 7
Darden Copeland
Result: Lost · 48.1% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Darden Copeland’s FEC committees ran 30 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 23 June 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $26.7–33.4K of spend. That makes Darden Copeland the 261st largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Tennessee 7. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
30
ads on 1 page
$30K
reported spend, range $26.7–33.4K
100%
of spend on federal races
$600
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$30K
30 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Darden Copeland · $30K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $600
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 17%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$10–12.1K
3 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 2 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.4×
- Formats
- 3 video
- Impressions
- 250K–301K
- Targeting declared
- age on 3 ads · gender on 3 ads
- States named
- Tennessee
- Last ad shown
- 2 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darden Copeland for Congress | 3 | 3 video | TN | 14 Oct | 2 Nov | $10–12.1K |
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 23 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- MAGA Matt Van Epps$4.7K
- politicians$750
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 75%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| DARDEN COPELAND FOR CONGRESS C00913301 | 30 | $30K |
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.
Darden Copeland wants to be your next U.S. Congressman
14 October 2026 · Darden Copeland · $8–9K · 400K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Darden Copeland is the Democrat running for Congress who can defeat MAGA Matt Van Epps. Vote Darden Copeland on August 6th.
23 July 2026 · Darden Copeland · $2–2.5K · 125K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Darden Copeland for Congress
24 June 2026 · Darden Copeland · $2–2.5K · 300K+ impressions · Ad Library
Vote Darden Copeland for Congress
26 October 2026 · Darden Copeland · $1.5–2K · 90K+ impressions · Ad Library
A new Impact Research survey of likely voters in TN-07 found that, once voters hear about the candidates, Darden Copeland leads Matt Van Epps 46% to 44%. When voters are informed on the race, Darden gains ground across the board. Tennesseans want a congressman who shows up, listens, and works for them.
29 September 2026 · Darden Copeland · $1–1.5K · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I’m Darden Copeland. I’ve never been elected to anything other than elder at my church, but I’m running for Congress because I’m tired of politicians enriching themselves while the rest of us struggle to get by.
15 September 2026 · Darden Copeland · $700 – $799 · 40K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Darden Copeland | 30 | $30K |
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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