United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Michigan 2
John Moolenaar
Result: Won · 61.5% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
John Moolenaar’s FEC committees ran 98 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 30 April 2026 and 11 October 2026. Meta reports $19.3–30.6K of spend. That makes John Moolenaar the 302nd largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Michigan 2. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
98
ads on 1 page
$25K
reported spend, range $19.3–30.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$25K
98 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- John Moolenaar · $25K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 0.0%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$46.6–63.3K
11 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 2.2×
- Formats
- 4 video · 7 text
- Impressions
- 2.8M–3.3M
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- Michigan
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOOLENAAR FOR CONGRESS | 11 | 4 video · 7 text | MI | 24 Aug | 4 Nov | $46.6–63.3K |
Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 98 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| MOOLENAAR FOR CONGRESS C00561530 | 98 | $25K |
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.
Congressman John Moolenaar is a champion of our 2nd Amendment rights. That's why he voted to ensure Veterans who receive assistance with their benefits have their rights protected.
7 September 2026 · John Moolenaar · $3.5–4K · 700K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Congressman John Moolenaar has led the way in keeping Michigan's farmland out of the hands of the Chinese Communist Party and our adversaries. He introduced the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act to keep China and others from buying real estate and farmland near national security sites.
7 September 2026 · John Moolenaar · $2.5–3K · 500K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Every child deserves a great education. That's why John Moolenaar supports parental choice when educating our kids. He supported stopping schools from receiving federal funding if they teach gender ideology concepts in elementary school.
24 August 2026 · John Moolenaar · $900 – $999 · 100K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
John Moolenaar is proud to serve the people of Michigan and bring commonsense leadership to Congress. Vote John Moolenaar for Congress on or before November 3rd.
10 September 2026 · John Moolenaar · $800 – $899 · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Our farmland is more than just land. It's a way of life that's worth defending and keeping in American hands. John Moolenaar is fighting to keep our adversaries from buying it up and standing with Michigan farmers to put America first.
1 September 2026 · John Moolenaar · $600 – $699 · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Take our poll and let us know where you stand. Should the U.S. buy Greenland?
1 September 2026 · John Moolenaar · $500 – $599 · 20K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| John Moolenaar | 98 | $25K |
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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