United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · Senate, Maine
David Costello
David Costello’s FEC committees ran 13 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 27 May 2026 and 8 June 2026. Meta reports $1.7–3K of spend. That makes David Costello the 815th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for Senate, Maine. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
13
ads on 1 page
$2.3K
reported spend, range $1.7–3K
100%
of spend on federal races
$150
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 13 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Susan Collins$299
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| COSTELLO FOR U.S. SENATE C00907881 | 13 | $2.3K |
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.
Text of my recent Bangor Daily News Op Ed: Experience should matter in Maine’s Senate primary (Including having helped to raise four children) - - While many, including most in the press, have essentially declared Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary over, there’s still time for voters to consider whether the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee is the best person to take on Sen. Susan Collins in November. Perceptions of political viability can, and often do, change overnight. - - I believe
31 May 2026 · David Costello · $300 – $399 · 30K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
The US Senate candidate who can defeat Senator Susan Collins in November...
6 June 2026 · David Costello · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Maine voters, let’s surprise the press and pundits tomorrow! Of the two CHANGE candidates on Maine’s US Senate primary ballot. One is well known yet suffers from having no substantive government experience and a raft of serious judgement lapses. And the other, me, is not well known, but benefits from having genuine, perspective honing working-class roots, a solid education, and extensive senior-level government experience in the US and abroad... AND know that if I were to surprise tomorrow, I’d
8 June 2026 · David Costello · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
FYI, another more extensive press interview regarding my US Senate campaign to defeat Senator Susan Collins...
7 June 2026 · David Costello · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
No surprises! Check out my solid background and reform ideas at costelloforsenate.com. And know that fundraising, voter recognition, and press attention won’t be a challenge post primary (versus Susan Collins)...
6 June 2026 · David Costello · $100 – $199 · 3K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I worked for USAID in such shattered countries as Cambodia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo. USAID aid benefited US interests and saved countless lives there and elsewhere around the world. That’s what we, the USA, should best be known for – saving and improving lives. Senator Susan Collins was wrong to not fight for USAID!
4 June 2026 · David Costello · $100 – $199 · 25K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| David Costello | 13 | $2.3K |
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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