United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Illinois 12
Julie Fortier
Result: Lost · 30.3% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Julie Fortier’s FEC committees ran 30 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 23 August 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $1.7–4.7K of spend. That makes Julie Fortier the 760th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Illinois 12. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
30
ads on 1 page
$3.2K
reported spend, range $1.7–4.7K
100%
of spend on federal races
$100
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 23 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Mike Bost$1K
- Bost$150
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 80%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| JULIE FORTIER FOR CONGRESS C00925263 | 30 | $3.2K |
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.
I’m running for Congress because I believe Southern Illinois deserves a representative who remembers who they work for. You. Vote on or before November 3. #ForAllOfUs #Fortier4Congress Paid for by Julie Fortier for Congress.
26 October 2026 · Julie Fortier · $200 – $299 · 70K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Many of our neighbors could lose their Medicaid coverage because Mike Bost voted for the Big Beautiful Bill. And the damage wouldn’t stop there. Cuts threaten the hospitals and services all of Southern Illinois depends on, even if you have private insurance. #Fortier4Congress #ForAllOfUs
21 October 2026 · Julie Fortier · $200 – $299 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Thank you, Daniel Rahe, for speaking up for our farmers and putting your support for me in print. I oppose the tariffs hurting our farms and the war driving up diesel and fertilizer costs. Bost voted against ending U.S. hostilities in Iran. We pay the bill, and our farmers carry a heavy burden. He also voted for the “Big Beautiful Bill,” whose Medicaid cuts threaten rural hospitals and vital services. Farmers shouldn’t have to drive farther for emergency care while struggling to keep their far
23 October 2026 · Julie Fortier · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
It's been a long road. Help me get over the finish line #ForAllOfUs Donate today: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/julie-fortier-1 Thank you!
22 October 2026 · Julie Fortier · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I’m running for Congress because I believe Southern Illinois deserves a representative who remembers who they work for. I’m not running on billionaire money. I’m running on neighbors talking to neighbors. This campaign takes all of us. Watch our TV commercial. If you believe in what we’re building, share it with a friend or neighbor in the 12th. #IL12 #SouthernIllinois #ForAllOfUs Paid for by Julie Fortier for Congress.
14 October 2026 · Julie Fortier · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Southern Illinois farmers help feed and power our country. Right now, they’re being squeezed from all sides. Tariffs and trade disputes make it harder to sell what they grow. High diesel and gas prices raise the cost of running equipment and hauling crops. Fertilizer costs are rising, too. Those bills add up long before a farmer knows what the harvest will bring. Farmers deserve a representative who will work to expand markets, push back on policies that disrupt trade and spike the cost of fu
14 October 2026 · Julie Fortier · $100 – $199 · 9K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Julie Fortier | 30 | $3.2K |
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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