United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Virginia 9
Joy Powers
Result: Lost · 33.8% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Joy Powers’s FEC committees ran 20 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 19 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $6.6–8.6K of spend. That makes Joy Powers the 570th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Virginia 9. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
20
ads on 1 page
$7.6K
reported spend, range $6.6–8.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$200
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 19 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 90%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| JOY FOR VIRGINIA C00926725 | 20 | $7.6K |
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.
In Congress, I will vote to pass the REPAIR Act. You bought your tractor, you should be allowed to fix it yourself.
11 September 2026 · Joy Powers for Congress · $900 – $999 · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I know what is at stake in this race. I’ll fight for my neighbors in Congress and make sure SWVA has true representation in Congress. Vote by August 4 in the Primary!
17 July 2026 · Joy Powers for Congress · $900 – $999 · 200K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Country over party. Southwest Virginia over Washington. Every single time. You shouldn’t have to compromise your values to demand better representation. Take a look at the record, compare where we stand, and decide who’s actually fighting for the 9th.
13 October 2026 · Joy Powers for Congress · $700 – $799 · 200K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
This is my plan to fight for my home.
29 July 2026 · Joy Powers for Congress · $700 – $799 · 175K+ impressions · Ad Library
📍 Congressional Nominee, VA's 9th District 🚜 Farmer | Former Foster Mom | Small Business Owner 📢 Common-sense leadership that puts people over politics 🌐 Learn more: JoyForVirginia.Com
6 October 2026 · Joy Powers for Congress · $600 – $699 · 150K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Today at Smithfield Farms farmers, some Democrat and some Republican, sat down together to talk about putting Congress to work for American agriculture for once and how to help farmers here at home in SWVA. That’s how we get things done. This campaign is for all of SWVA, not just one party. Thank you to the Smith family for a wonderful Sunday afternoon on your historic farm!
1 October 2026 · Joy Powers for Congress · $500 – $599 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Joy Powers for Congress | 20 | $7.6K |
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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