United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Illinois 14
Lauren Underwood
Result: Won · 62.6% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Lauren Underwood’s FEC committees ran 107 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 22 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $16.4–28.2K of spend. That makes Lauren Underwood the 319th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Illinois 14. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
107
ads on 1 page
$22.3K
reported spend, range $16.4–28.2K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$22.3K
107 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Lauren Underwood for Congress · $22.3K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 12%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$13.6–17.9K
19 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.7×
- Formats
- 16 video · 3 text
- Impressions
- 278K–336K
- Targeting declared
- age on 16 ads · gender on 16 ads
- States named
- Illinois
- Last ad shown
- 3 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS | 19 | 16 video · 3 text | IL | 4 May | 3 Nov | $13.6–17.9K |
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 106 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- MAGA extremist James Marter$2.9K
- James Marter$550
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 98%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS C00652719 | 107 | $22.3K |
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.
Cast your ballot for Congresswoman Lauren Underwood by November 3.
21 October 2026 · Lauren Underwood for Congress · $1.5–2K · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
The loudest voices in Washington serve big donors. I work for you. But we’re in a tough reelection campaign against MAGA extremist James Marter. Republicans are raising huge sums of money, so I need your help. Can you chip in $10 before our end-of-quarter fundraising deadline? Your donation, no matter the amount, will be a big help to our victory in November.
21 September 2026 · Lauren Underwood for Congress · $900 – $999 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
The loudest voices in Washington serve big donors. I work for you. But we’re in a tough reelection campaign against MAGA extremist James Marter. Republicans are raising huge sums of money, so I need your help. Can you chip in $10 before our end-of-the-month fundraising deadline? Your donation, no matter the amount, will be a big help to our victory in November.
23 August 2026 · Lauren Underwood for Congress · $600 – $699 · 9K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
We're raising LESS money than we did last year, while the GOP is breaking fundraising records. If we don’t get back on track – and fast – we’ll need to scale back our targeted mailers. If you want to stop Republican extremist James Marter, please chip in $5, $10, $20, or whatever you can now. Thank you. Your support is invaluable. –LU
25 June 2026 · Lauren Underwood for Congress · $500 – $599 · 8K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
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6 October 2026 · Lauren Underwood for Congress · $300 – $399 · 20K+ impressions · Ad Library
Lauren Underwood is working to lower costs, cancel student debt, and increase the Pell Grant. See Early Voting locations & hours: 📍IWillVote.com/IL
20 October 2026 · Lauren Underwood for Congress · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Lauren Underwood for Congress | 107 | $22.3K |
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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