United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Connecticut 1
John Larson
John Larson’s FEC committees ran 11 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 27 May 2026 and 10 August 2026. Meta reports $7.2–9.5K of spend. That makes John Larson the 544th 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.
11
ads on 1 page
$8.3K
reported spend, range $7.2–9.5K
100%
of spend on federal races
$750
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$8.3K
11 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- John B. Larson · $8.3K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $750
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 100%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$26–30.5K
8 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 12 August 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 3.4×
- Formats
- 8 video
- Impressions
- 2.3M–2.7M
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- Connecticut
- Last ad shown
- 12 Aug
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larson for Congress | 8 | 8 video | CT | 24 Jun | 12 Aug | $26–30.5K |
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.
Most attacked
- Luke Bronin$499
- John B. Larson$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 6.6%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| LARSON FOR CONGRESS C00330142 | 11 | $8.3K |
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.
Saying "Abolish ICE" on the campaign trail is easy. Leadership and bold action are hard. Luke Bronin failed.
7 August 2026 · John B. Larson · $400 – $499 · 30K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Luke Bronin has been lying to voters. He must return his corporate PAC money immediately.
10 August 2026 · John B. Larson · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Meet Connecticut’s Billionaire-Backed Dark-Money Democrat
27 May 2026 · John B. Larson · $0 – $99 · 2K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| John B. Larson | 11 | $8.3K |
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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