United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Ohio 9
Derek Merrin
Result: Lost · 47.3% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Derek Merrin’s FEC committees ran 71 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 21 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $13.8–21.6K of spend. That makes Derek Merrin the 370th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Ohio 9. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
71
ads on 1 page
$17.7K
reported spend, range $13.8–21.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$150
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$17.7K
71 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Derek Merrin · $17.7K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $150
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 34%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$20.5–27K
3 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 21 October 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 1.3×
- Formats
- 3 video
- Impressions
- 775K–925K
- Targeting declared
- age on 2 ads · gender on 2 ads
- States named
- Ohio
- Last ad shown
- 21 Oct
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEREK MERRIN FOR CONGRESS | 3 | 3 video | OH | 14 Oct | 21 Oct | $20.5–27K |
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 68 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Marcy Kaptur$4.9K
- Kaptur$3.6K
- liberal Kaptur$899
- Liberal Kaptur$150
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 97%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| DEREK MERRIN FOR CONGRESS C00909630 | 71 | $17.7K |
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.
Toledo Police Unions Back Derek Merrin Liberal Marcy Kaptur supports open borders, voted for amnesty for illegal immigrants (even convicted criminals), and voted against a resolution to condemn the “defund the police" movement. Derek Merrin is endorsed by the Toledo Police Patrolman's Association and Toledo Police Command Officers' Association.
23 October 2026 · Derek Merrin · $1–1.5K · 100K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Derek Merrin Fights to Put More Money in Your Pocket. Liberal Marcy Kaptur Puts Illegal Immigrants ahead of Hardworking Americans.
15 October 2026 · Derek Merrin · $1–1.5K · 100K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Kaptur has sold out NW Ohio after 43 years in Washington DC. Vote Derek Merrin November 3rd.
26 October 2026 · Derek Merrin · $800 – $899 · 150K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Hypocrite Kaptur - You be the Judge. Kaptur accuses Derek Merrin of supporting House Bill 6 - a bill favored by First Energy that included a subsidy for nuclear power plants, because his campaign committee received a total of $1,500 in First Energy PAC contributions. The bipartisan bill included a provision to repeal costly renewable energy mandates on electric companies that were being passed onto residential electric bills - estimated to be adding about $7 per month to NW Ohioans electric b
22 October 2026 · Derek Merrin · $800 – $899 · 30K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Derek Merrin is laser focused on lowering prices, while liberal Kaptur is focused on insane stuff like men in girls’ sports
26 October 2026 · Derek Merrin · $700 – $799 · 50K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Cheaper gas. Affordable groceries. More money in your pocket. That’s what I’m focused on. Washington needs to get back to the basics and start delivering real results for the American people. That’s exactly what I’ll fight to do in Congress.
25 October 2026 · Derek Merrin · $700 – $799 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Merrin | 71 | $17.7K |
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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