United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Iowa 2
Lindsay James
Result: Won · 49.5% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Lindsay James’s FEC committees ran 153 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 22 August 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $19–36.5K of spend. That makes Lindsay James the 281st largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Iowa 2. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
153
ads on 1 page
$27.8K
reported spend, range $19–36.5K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$27.8K
153 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Lindsay James · $27.8K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 46%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$263.3–344.5K
32 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 10.9×
- Formats
- 29 video · 3 text
- Impressions
- 9.1M–10.6M
- Targeting declared
- age on 29 ads · gender on 29 ads
- States named
- Iowa, New Jersey
- Last ad shown
- 3 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY FOR IOWA | 32 | 29 video · 3 text | IA, NJ | 6 May | 3 Nov | $263.3–344.5K |
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 69 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Joe Mitchell$4K
- Jo$743
- Folks in Washington$349
- National Republicans$299
- Elon Musk$198
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 85%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY FOR IOWA C00916452 | 153 | $27.8K |
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.
I became a chaplain to serve people in their hardest moments. In Des Moines, I fought corporate lobbyists. In Washington, I'll work to bring down everyday costs.
15 September 2026 · Lindsay James · $4–4.5K · 800K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Caring for my neighbor is not optional. Joe Mitchell supports policies making it harder and more expensive to see a doctor. I’ll work with anyone to make healthcare more affordable.
12 October 2026 · Lindsay James · $1.5–2K · 300K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Corporations and billionaires have too much power in Washington, and no one's fighting for regular people. My faith teaches me that caring for our neighbors is not optional. That's why I'm running for Congress to fix a broken system that only works for lobbyists and insiders.
1 October 2026 · Lindsay James · $1.5–2K · 250K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
If you're feeling like no one is fighting for you, I am. We’ve got a lot to get done to lower costs and to fix our healthcare, but we can do it. I am in your corner.
2 September 2026 · Lindsay James · $1.5–2K · 350K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I'm Lindsay James. When corporations evicted Iowans, I stopped them. In Congress, I'll fight for you.
1 September 2026 · Lindsay James · $1.5–2K · 350K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Lindsay James is a minister and a mom running for Congress, and she’s lived by the words of the Bible: carry each other’s burdens. In Congress, that means making health care more affordable and bringing costs down for Iowa families.
19 October 2026 · Lindsay James · $800 – $899 · 150K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsay James | 153 | $27.8K |
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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