United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Virginia 5
John McGuire III
Result: Won · 50.2% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
John McGuire III’s FEC committees ran 3 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 23 July 2026 and 23 July 2026. Meta reports $4.5–5.2K of spend. That makes John McGuire III the 665th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Virginia 5. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
3
ads on 1 page
$4.8K
reported spend, range $4.5–5.2K
100%
of spend on federal races
$850
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$4.8K
3 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- John McGuire · $4.8K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $850
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 0.0%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$21–31.3K
5 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 2 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 5.4×
- Formats
- 4 video · 1 text
- Impressions
- 909K–1.1M
- Targeting declared
- age on 2 ads · gender on 2 ads
- States named
- Virginia
- Last ad shown
- 2 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUIRE FOR VIRGINIA | 5 | 4 video · 1 text | VA | 15 Jul | 2 Nov | $21–31.3K |
Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 3 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| MCGUIRE FOR VIRGINIA C00856831 | 3 | $4.8K |
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.
Virginia needs a proven conservative who will deliver, not talk. Navy SEAL John McGuire is ready to lead.
23 July 2026 · John McGuire · $3–3.5K · 700K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
John McGuire is fighting for Virginia and has President Trump’s endorsement. Be sure to vote in the August 4 primary.
23 July 2026 · John McGuire · $800 – $899 · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
John McGuire is fighting for Virginia values and standing with President Trump to get results for us.
23 July 2026 · John McGuire · $700 – $799 · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| John McGuire | 3 | $4.8K |
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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