United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · Senate, Iowa
Joshua Turek
Result: Won · 50.5% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Joshua Turek’s FEC committees ran 2,298 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 8 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $1.2–1.6M of spend. That makes Joshua Turek the 11th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for Senate, Iowa. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
2,298
ads on 1 page
$1.4M
reported spend, range $1.2–1.6M
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$1.4M
2,298 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Josh Turek · $1.4M
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 28%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$4.7–5.9M
438 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 3.8×
- Formats
- 433 video · 5 text
- Impressions
- 80.5M–94.1M
- Targeting declared
- age on 425 ads · gender on 425 ads
- States named
- Iowa
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Turek for Iowa | 438 | 433 video · 5 text | IA | 1 Jan | 4 Nov | $4.7–5.9M |
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 2,297 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- MAGA Republicans$334.9K
- far-right money machine$154.6K
- MAGA$81.1K
- National Republicans$38.2K
- my MAGA opponent$13.4K
- his opponent$9.6K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%, State 0.0%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| JOSH TUREK FOR IOWA C00915645 | 2,298 | $1.4M |
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.
HUGE NEWS: Polling shows Iowa Democrat Josh Turek TIED with Republican Ashley Hinson. But that means MAGA Republicans will mobilize every billionaire, corporation, & dark-money dollar to try to keep this seat red. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗮 $𝟱 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲?
8 September 2026 · Josh Turek · $80–90K · 900K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
HUGE NEWS: Polling shows Iowa Democrat Josh Turek TIED with Republican Ashley Hinson. But that means MAGA Republicans will mobilize every billionaire, corporation, & dark-money dollar to try to keep this seat red. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗮 $𝟭 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲?
8 September 2026 · Josh Turek · $50–60K · 700K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
A recent poll in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race shows Democrat Josh Turek TIED with Republican Ashley Hinson. The far-right money machine is spending $55 million to keep a stranglehold on Iowa. After this polling, we can expect a new surge of dark money in this race. 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗼𝘄𝗮’𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. So please: Will you rush $25 to help us build a powerho
15 September 2026 · Josh Turek · $40–45K · 350K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
I'm Josh Turek, four-time Paralympian running for Senate in Iowa. My campaign is working hard to reach swing voters because this toss-up race will probably come down to a razor thin margin. MAGA is spending BIG to stop me from doing that. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗔𝗖 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆. I'm asking for just $5 to help me flip Iowa and the U.S. Senate in November. Can I count on you?
16 September 2026 · Josh Turek · $30–35K · 400K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
MAJOR UPDATE: Cook Political Report just moved my U.S. Senate race in Iowa from "Lean Republican" to "Toss-Up." But Cook also gave us a dire warning: "𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗽-𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀." Look: I'm not afraid of a David vs. Goliath battle. But my campaign is grassroots-funded, while MAGA is spending at least $55 million to pummel me and rescue their Senate
16 September 2026 · Josh Turek · $25–30K · 500K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
A recent poll in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race shows Democrat Josh Turek TIED with Republican Ashley Hinson. The far-right money machine is spending $40 million to keep a stranglehold on Iowa. After this polling, we can expect a new surge of dark money in this race. 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗼𝘄𝗮’𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. So please: Will you rush $25 to help us build a powerho
19 August 2026 · Josh Turek · $20–25K · 200K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Turek | 2,298 | $1.4M |
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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