United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Kansas 2
Don Coover
Result: Lost · 45.0% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Don Coover’s FEC committees ran 44 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 13 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $93.1–110.1K of spend. That makes Don Coover the 95th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Kansas 2. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
44
ads on 1 page
$101.6K
reported spend, range $93.1–110.1K
100%
of spend on federal races
$300
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$101.6K
44 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Don Coover for Congress · $101.6K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $300
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 52%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$37–45.1K
8 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.4×
- Formats
- 6 video · 2 text
- Impressions
- 1.3M–1.5M
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- Kansas
- Last ad shown
- 3 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DON COOVER FOR CONGRESS | 8 | 6 video · 2 text | KS | 24 Jan | 3 Nov | $37–45.1K |
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 44 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Derek Schmidt$11.1K
- Republican Derek Schmidt$3.2K
- MAGA incumbent Derek Schmidt and Donald Trump$1.1K
- Trump and Derek Schmidt$999
- Donald Trump$149
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| DON COOVER FOR CONGRESS C00917088 | 44 | $101.6K |
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.
The race to flip Kansas’s 2nd Congressional District is one of the most important races this year! I’m Don Coover, the Democrat, first-time candidate, and Army veteran taking on far-right career politician Derek Schmidt. We’re already polling within striking distance, but that means we’re on Mike Johnson and Donald Trump’s radar. They are getting ready to attack our campaign with negative ads. We have to be ready. Can you give $25 or any other amount to help me keep reaching voters across the
26 June 2026 · Don Coover for Congress · $40–45K · 600K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
NEW polling data confirms that our long-time red district in Kansas is ready to flip blue! My opponent Derek Schmidt has been in politics for decades, putting his party bosses first every step of the way. I’m Don Coover, the Democratic nominee in this race, and as a Southeast Kansan, cattle rancher, and veteran, I’m running to put Kansas first. When voters learn about Derek Schmidt's corruption, I take the lead. I’m the right candidate in the right district at the right time, but I need your s
10 September 2026 · Don Coover for Congress · $3.5–4K · 70K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
This is Kansas’s most flippable district. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly won this district in her 2022 reelection against our current Republican opponent. But last quarter, he outraised us with all of his corporate PAC donations. We have to catch up. All the polls show this race is really close. Will you contribute $15 to our campaign to help send a rancher, veterinarian, and Army veteran to Congress?
28 August 2026 · Don Coover for Congress · $2.5–3K · 40K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I’m Don Coover, the Democratic nominee in Kansas’s 2nd Congressional District running to straighten things out in DC. Right now, career politicians, including my MAGA-backed opponent Derek Schmidt, are in it to get richer. But I’m doing this to serve my country again, to fight for access to healthcare and lower costs and to bring back common-sense leadership. I’m an Army veteran, a rancher, and a veterinarian — a different kind of candidate. Can you donate $26 or any other amount to help me g
26 June 2026 · Don Coover for Congress · $2.5–3K · 30K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
It's Don Coover. This is a district Trump won in 2024, but now he has a negative approval rating in this district. Polling shows us closing the gap with my opponent, Republican Derek Schmidt, because Kansans are tired of his poor choices wrecking our economy. Our campaign even outraised him in the last report. This race is close. Can you donate right now to help us close the gap?
13 May 2026 · Don Coover for Congress · $1.5–2K · 20K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Don Coover is a Southeast Kansas rancher, a U.S. Army veteran, and the Democrat for Congress in Kansas’s most flippable congressional district this year. He’s running to lower costs and get our country back on track because career politicians like his opponent, Derek Schmidt, who puts corporations first, have cost us too much. Jon Tester knows Don is the real deal. But we need every voter to know he's the real deal too. Will you donate $25 to power our campaign through the finish line?
22 October 2026 · Don Coover for Congress · $1–1.5K · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Don Coover for Congress | 44 | $101.6K |
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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