United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · Senate, Colorado
John Hickenlooper
Result: Won · 60.2% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
John Hickenlooper’s FEC committees ran 286 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 13 May 2026 and 22 October 2026. Meta reports $290.7–371.8K of spend. That makes John Hickenlooper the 28th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for Senate, Colorado. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
286
ads on 1 page
$331.3K
reported spend, range $290.7–371.8K
100%
of spend on federal races
$150
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$331.3K
286 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- John W. Hickenlooper · $331.3K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $150
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 51%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$561.4–685.7K
40 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 1.9×
- Formats
- 18 video · 22 text
- Impressions
- 19.3M–22.7M
- Targeting declared
- age on 18 ads · gender on 18 ads
- States named
- Colorado
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickenlooper for Colorado | 40 | 18 video · 22 text | CO | 6 May | 4 Nov | $561.4–685.7K |
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 284 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Donald Trump$159.6K
- Trump’s MAGA agenda$15.8K
- Lauren Boebert$4.5K
- MAGA$2K
- Mark Baisley$1.7K
- Trump’s ICE$1.5K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 99%, Spanish and English 0.8%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| HICKENLOOPER FOR COLORADO C00716720 | 286 | $331.3K |
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.
Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran has spiked the price of gas, when costs are already too high. We’re fighting to lower the cost of groceries, gas, housing, and healthcare and make life more affordable for Coloradans.
7 October 2026 · John W. Hickenlooper · $20–25K · 1M+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Please, please, please listen to this. It's John Hickenlooper. If Democrats are going to have any chance of retaking the Senate and stopping Trump's ruthless agenda, we have to defend this seat. Last time we ran, Republicans spent $50 million trying to beat us with a Lauren Boebert endorsed candidate. MAGA is prepared to dump millions into this race again. We don't take a dime from corporate PACs, so grassroots support is how we fight back. Every dollar you chip in, whenever you can, truly mak
11 August 2026 · John W. Hickenlooper · $10–15K · 80K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Trump’s war with Iran has pushed gas prices higher and higher. And now he says relief won’t come until after the midterms?? Families can’t afford to wait. The president needs to end his war NOW and stop increasing prices on all of us.
18 September 2026 · John W. Hickenlooper · $10–15K · 500K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Trump’s lawless agency has already terrorized our community and now he’s considering lining them outside of polling locations to intimidate voters. They’re out of control. We’ll continue voting against funding for ICE.
1 September 2026 · John W. Hickenlooper · $10–15K · 500K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
I started my career as a geologist before I got laid off. Then, we opened the Wynkoop, the first brewpub in Colorado. I’ve been fighting for Colorado ever since—as Mayor of Denver, Governor of Colorado, and now Senator. We’ve expanded health care, fought climate change, and prevented Trump from selling our public lands. But the stakes are too high to slow down. Let’s keep fighting, Colorado.
19 May 2026 · John W. Hickenlooper · $9–10K · 500K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Trump kicked hundreds of thousands of Coloradans off their healthcare and raised costs — all to give tax breaks to billionaires and the largest corporations. We’re taking on Trump to reverse his healthcare cuts and make billionaires pay their fair share. I’ll always fight for Colorado.
21 October 2026 · John W. Hickenlooper · $8–9K · 400K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| John W. Hickenlooper | 286 | $331.3K |
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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