United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Tennessee 1
Kristi Burke
Result: Lost · 29.5% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Kristi Burke’s FEC committees ran 20 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 5 July 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $800 – $2.8K of spend. That makes Kristi Burke the 861st largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Tennessee 1. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
20
ads on 1 page
$1.8K
reported spend, range $800 – $2.8K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$1.8K
20 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Kristi for Congress TN-01 · $1.8K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 5.0%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$900 – $1K
1 ad from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.5×
- Formats
- 1 video
- Impressions
- 100K–125K
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- Tennessee
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristi for Congress | 1 | 1 video | TN | 31 Oct | 4 Nov | $900 – $1K |
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 20 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Diana$150
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| KRISTI FOR CONGRESS C00934778 | 20 | $1.8K |
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.
Make history! While you enjoy the Apple Festival, join Team Kristi for an inspiring rally event in Unicoi County! Join us at the Doug Hopson Buffalo Pavilion at the Town of Unicoi Visitor Center! Hear from Kristi, meet your neighbors, and learn how you can help bring this campaign's message of affordability, better healthcare, and a fairer tax system to every corner of the district. Let’s lace up and make history in TN-01! See you there!
26 September 2026 · Kristi for Congress TN-01 · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
What if your politicians weren't bought by corporations? YOU would be put FIRST, not the elites in Washington. Kristi doesn't take big corporate checks or answer to lobbying groups. She will NEVER sell you out. Vote Kristi for Congress, and send a fighter to DC who will bring costs down for Tennessee's 1st District!
26 October 2026 · Kristi for Congress TN-01 · $100 – $199 · 9K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Is this who you want representing YOU? A coward who can't defend her record? DEMAND a debate from Diana NOW!
6 October 2026 · Kristi for Congress TN-01 · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
“SHH-SHH-SHH, LISTEN TO ME!” Y’all, we’ve got some great events coming up over the next few days! If you live in Cocke, Johnson, or Carter counties, our next THREE Walk the Walk Rallies are happening today, Saturday, and Sunday! Newport rally (9/17): https://www.facebook.com/share/18LmcxwCMP/?mibextid=wwXIfr Mountain City rally (9/19): https://www.facebook.com/share/19bsrr161e/?mibextid=wwXIfr Elizabethton rally (9/20): https://www.facebook.com/share/1DSoRgdA3k/?mibextid=wwXIfr And if healt
17 September 2026 · Kristi for Congress TN-01 · $100 – $199 · 9K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Join Team Kristi for our HUGE Canvassing Rally event in Greene County! We've got thousands of doors to knock across Tennessee's 1st District, and we are counting on YOU to help us do it! Join us at the Lions Club Pavilion at Hardin Park in Greeneville for our kickoff! We'll meet up, provide training, assign turfs, and ensure everyone has everything they need to get out there and help get Kristi elected! Are you ready to help us send real representation to Washington for TN-01?! See you there!
15 September 2026 · Kristi for Congress TN-01 · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Did you ever think you'd see a Democrat holding a town hall specifically for Republican and Independent voters? It's definitely anything but business as usual, and that's because Kristi Burke, candidate for U.S. House, genuinely believes in representing EVERYONE in Tennessee's 1st District, because her neighbors have been ignored for far too long. Kristi is inviting Republicans, Independents, undecided voters and anyone who doesn't normally support Democratic candidates to sit down with her an
13 September 2026 · Kristi for Congress TN-01 · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Kristi for Congress TN-01 | 20 | $1.8K |
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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