United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Connecticut 1
Jillian Gilchrest
Jillian Gilchrest’s FEC committees ran 99 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 1 May 2026 and 4 August 2026. Meta reports $5.6–16.2K of spend. That makes Jillian Gilchrest the 475th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Connecticut 1. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
99
ads on 1 page
$10.9K
reported spend, range $5.6–16.2K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$10.9K
99 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Jillian Gilchrest · $10.9K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 16%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$2.9–3.7K
4 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 11 August 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.3×
- Formats
- 4 video
- Impressions
- 475K–576K
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- Connecticut
- Last ad shown
- 11 Aug
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jillian Gilchrest For Congress | 4 | 4 video | CT | 24 Jul | 11 Aug | $2.9–3.7K |
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 99 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- CT Democrats$847
- Congress$448
- two Democrats$199
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| JILLIAN GILCHREST FOR CONGRESS C00917104 | 99 | $10.9K |
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 think it’s time we try something different. Let’s elect people to represent us in Congress who aren’t bought by millionaires and corporations. #peoplepower #congressneedsasocialworker #ct01 #corporategreed #socialjustice
3 June 2026 · Jillian Gilchrest · $1.5–2K · 30K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
These seats are not meant to be held forever. I want to push for as much positive change as I can, and then turn around and say, ‘Who’s next?’ #representative #congress #congressneedsasocialworker #policychange
23 June 2026 · Jillian Gilchrest · $1–1.5K · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
For the first time in 28 years, CT Democrats have a choice on who they elect to Congress. We don’t need more Dems bought by the billionaire class. #congressneedsasocialworker #healthcare #livingwage #corporategreed #congress
25 June 2026 · Jillian Gilchrest · $300 – $399 · 9K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
We all pay into the government, the government should be investing in us. #congressneedsasocialworker #congress #peoplepower #corruption #ct01
8 July 2026 · Jillian Gilchrest · $300 – $399 · 25K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Closing statement from last night’s 1st Congressional Forum on @nbcconnecticut #congressneedsasocialworker #congress #democraticprimary #rowCforChange #ct01
7 July 2026 · Jillian Gilchrest · $300 – $399 · 25K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Kept running in to the delivery driver today while out door knocking in #southwindsorct. Today, I met a man on a fixed income, concerned with the cost of food. #grocery #costofliving #seniors #congressneedsasocialworker
8 June 2026 · Jillian Gilchrest · $300 – $399 · 4K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Jillian Gilchrest | 99 | $10.9K |
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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