United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Indiana 9
Erin Houchin
Result: Won · 54.0% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Erin Houchin’s FEC committees ran 3 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 30 September 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $34–40K of spend. That makes Erin Houchin the 226th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Indiana 9. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
3
ads on 1 page
$37K
reported spend, range $34–40K
100%
of spend on federal races
$2.7K
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$37K
3 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Erin Houchin · $37K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $2.7K
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 0.0%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$86.1–105K
12 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 2.6×
- Formats
- 12 video
- Impressions
- 2.9M–3.4M
- Targeting declared
- age on 12 ads · gender on 12 ads
- States named
- Indiana
- Last ad shown
- 3 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houchin for Congress | 12 | 12 video | IN | 30 Sep | 3 Nov | $86.1–105K |
Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 3 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| HOUCHIN FOR CONGRESS C00800649 | 3 | $37K |
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.
I'm fighting to clean up Washington. That's why I voted to ban Congress from trading stocks, wrote a bipartisan bill to lower drug costs, and cut taxes for seniors on Social Security. I'll always put Indiana first and hold Washington accountable. On November 3rd, vote Erin Houchin. 🇺🇸
2 October 2026 · Erin Houchin · $30–35K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Higher costs are squeezing Hoosier families, and instead of helping us, corrupt politicians only look out for themselves. Holding them accountable is my top priority. I voted to ban congressional insider stock trading, authored bipartisan legislation to crack down on pharmaceutical middlemen, and fought to cut taxes for seniors on Social Security. I will keep fighting to hold Washington accountable and lower costs so everyday Hoosiers can get ahead. On November 3rd, vote Erin Houchin! 🇺🇸
26 October 2026 · Erin Houchin · $1.5–2K · 90K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Erin Houchin | 3 | $37K |
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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