United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Washington 3
John Braun
Result: Lost · 45.5% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
John Braun’s FEC committees ran 60 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 11 May 2026 and 23 October 2026. Meta reports $23–33K of spend. That makes John Braun the 279th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Washington 3. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
60
ads on 1 page
$28K
reported spend, range $23–33K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$28K
60 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- John Braun · $28K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 33%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$282.5–341.2K
35 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 11.1×
- Formats
- 35 video
- Impressions
- 11.4M–13.4M
- Targeting declared
- age on 35 ads · gender on 35 ads
- States named
- Washington
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Braun for Congress | 35 | 35 video | WA | 7 Jul | 4 Nov | $282.5–341.2K |
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 52 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez$5.9K
- Marie Perez$299
- Marie$50
- my opponent$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 88%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| JOHN BRAUN FOR CONGRESS C00915884 | 60 | $28K |
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.
John Braun spent his life serving in the Navy and building a business. Braun knows Washingtonians are tired of politics being a performance. That's why he is focused on lowering costs and creating jobs for YOU and your family. Make your plan to vote for John Braun by November 3!
14 October 2026 · John Braun · $5–6K · 100K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez doesn't care that Washington families are already struggling to make ends meet. She wants to raise taxes on working families and cut the child tax credit. Vote John Braun for Congress! 🇺🇸
8 October 2026 · John Braun · $3–3.5K · 70K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
John Braun knows Washingtonians EARNED their retirement. That's why he supports eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits and lowering costs. 🗳️Vote Braun for Congress!
25 September 2026 · John Braun · $2.5–3K · 125K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
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23 October 2026 · John Braun · $1.5–2K · 40K+ impressions · Ad Library
John Braun spent 31 years in the U.S. Navy, learning how to solve problems and make tough decisions. He brought that same leadership to Olympia, taking on the radical left. Now, he’s ready to bring accountability and results to Washington, D.C. Vote Braun for Congress! 🗳️
18 September 2026 · John Braun · $1.5–2K · 90K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
John Braun served in the U.S. Navy for 31 years and built a family-owned manufacturing business in Southwest Washington. Public service should be about results, not getting rich. John Braun is the conservative leader Washington needs in Congress.
29 July 2026 · John Braun · $1–1.5K · 100K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| John Braun | 60 | $28K |
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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