United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Wisconsin 3
Derrick Van Orden
Result: Lost · 45.8% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Derrick Van Orden’s FEC committees ran 19 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 8 May 2026 and 22 October 2026. Meta reports $8.3–11K of spend. That makes Derrick Van Orden the 501st largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Wisconsin 3. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
19
ads on 1 page
$9.6K
reported spend, range $8.3–11K
100%
of spend on federal races
$450
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$9.6K
19 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Derrick Van Orden · $9.6K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $450
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 33%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$296.7–378.2K
53 ads from 2 verified advertiser accounts, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 35×
- Formats
- 51 video · 2 text
- Impressions
- 7.4M–8.6M
- Targeting declared
- age on 51 ads · gender on 51 ads
- States named
- Wisconsin
- Last ad shown
- 3 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Orden for Congress | 51 | 51 video | WI | 14 Aug | 3 Nov | $256.7–328.2K |
| VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS | 2 | 2 text | WI | 28 Mar | 3 Nov | $40–50K |
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 2 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 18 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Insane Left$2.9K
- the liberals$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 90%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS C00742007 | 19 | $9.6K |
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.
It’s former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill here. My fellow patriot, Derrick Van Orden, needs your help. Help him fend off the Insane Left’s onslaught!
8 May 2026 · Derrick Van Orden · $1.5–2K · 40K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
It's DVO. The polls are officially OPEN in Wisconsin 🗳️Make your plan to vote early for Republicans today!
20 October 2026 · Derrick Van Orden · $1–1.5K · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
This content was removed because it didn't follow our Advertising Standards.
8 May 2026 · Derrick Van Orden · $900 – $999 · 30K+ impressions · Ad Library
🚨It's time to VOTE! Early voting in Wisconsin is now OPEN. You have until November 1st to cast your ballot early. Please vote for Derrick Van Orden today!
20 October 2026 · Derrick Van Orden · $600 – $699 · 40K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
✅✅ATTN: Speaker Mike Johnson with an urgent message >>
17 August 2026 · Derrick Van Orden · $600 – $699 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Hey there, it’s Rob O’Neill. My Navy SEAL brother, Senior Chief Derrick Van Orden, needs your help! Can you chip in at least $5 or $10?
15 May 2026 · Derrick Van Orden · $600 – $699 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Derrick Van Orden | 19 | $9.6K |
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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