United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, South Carolina 1
Mark Smith
Mark Smith’s FEC committees ran 84 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 1 May 2026 and 20 June 2026. Meta reports $9.8–18.5K of spend. That makes Mark Smith the 427th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, South Carolina 1. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
84
ads on 1 page
$14.2K
reported spend, range $9.8–18.5K
98%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$14.2K
84 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Mark Smith for Congress · $14.2K
- Federal races
- 98%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 12%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$14.1–16.3K
6 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 23 June 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 1.1×
- Formats
- 5 video · 1 text
- Impressions
- 302K–373K
- Targeting declared
- no age or gender
- States named
- South Carolina
- Last ad shown
- 23 Jun
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARK SMITH FOR CONGRESS | 6 | 5 video · 1 text | SC | 4 Apr | 23 Jun | $14.1–16.3K |
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 74 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Jenny Honeycutt$746
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 98%, State 1.8%.
Spend by ad language: English 90%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| MARK SMITH FOR CONGRESS C00915991 | 84 | $14.2K |
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.
Who we send to Congress is up to us. If you want a representative who puts the Lowcountry first and delivers real results, this is your election. Early voting begins May 26th—find your polling place and make your plan to vote. Primary Day is June 9th.
1 May 2026 · Mark Smith for Congress · $1–1.5K · 40K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
South Carolina is one of the best places to live in the country—but anyone sitting in traffic knows our roads aren’t keeping up. Growth keeps coming. The question is whether we manage it the right way. I’m running for Congress to bring real resources home, fix our infrastructure, and protect what makes the Lowcountry special. GOP Primary: June 9th. Early voting opens May 26th.
1 May 2026 · Mark Smith for Congress · $800 – $899 · 100K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Early voting runs from May 26th until June 5th. Make your plan to vote EARLY and let's keep delivering common-sense results together. Follow the link to find YOUR nearby early voting location. As a husband, father, and local small business owner here in the Lowcountry, I know firsthand what it means to look at a family budget and make tough choices. I’m not a career politician – I’m a neighbor who wants to ensure our kids and grandkids can afford to build their lives right here where they grew
26 May 2026 · Mark Smith for Congress · $600 – $699 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
In the State House, I led the fight to ban Chinese ownership of South Carolina land. Our farmland, military communities, and critical industries should never be controlled by foreign adversaries. In Congress, I'll keep standing up to China and protecting the Lowcountry's economy, jobs, and way of life.
1 June 2026 · Mark Smith for Congress · $500 – $599 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
We don’t need more talk about infrastructure—we need to fix it. I’ve worked on real solutions in the State House, and I’ll do the same in Congress: easing traffic, improving roads, and making sure growth doesn’t come at the expense of the families who’ve built this community. Vote Mark Smith in the June 9 Republican Primary. Early voting: May 26 - June 5.
1 May 2026 · Mark Smith for Congress · $500 – $599 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Logan Cunningham endorses Mark Smith!
20 June 2026 · Mark Smith for Congress · $400 – $499 · 60K+ impressions · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Smith for Congress | 84 | $14.2K |
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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