United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · Senate, South Carolina

Marshall Sanford

Marshall Sanford’s FEC committees ran 13 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 30 July 2026 and 11 August 2026. Meta reports $45–56.2K of spend. That makes Marshall Sanford the 175th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for Senate, South Carolina. Party: Republicans.

Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.

13

ads on 1 page

$50.6K

reported spend, range $45–56.2K

100%

of spend on federal races

$3.7K

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Promotional
100%

Share of the 13 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Candidate profile
69%
Economy & cost of living
69%
Electoral process & turnout
31%
Corruption & governance
7.7%

Spend by race: Federal 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

FEC committees

FEC committeeAdsSpend ($)
SANFORD FOR SENATE C0028525413$50.6K

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.

  • The cost of living keeps rising, and government overspending is to blame. As Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford restrained spending more than any Governor before or since. Now he's bringing that fight to the U.S. Senate. Join him today.

    30 July 2026 · Mark Sanford · $10–15K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • He held the line on spending as governor. He cast conservative votes in Congress. Now Mark Sanford is running for Senate to bring common sense back to Washington because the people of South Carolina deserve it.

    3 August 2026 · Mark Sanford · $8–9K · 700K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Pork and Barrel have grown but this morning I returned to the State House with pigs as a reminder that, 22 years later, government spending is hurting South Carolinian's ability to afford the American Dream more than ever. I held the line on spending as Governor and will hold the line if elected to the U.S. Senate.

    7 August 2026 · Mark Sanford · $7–8K · 600K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • We held the line on government spending during the eight years that I was Governor as no Governor has done before or since.

    6 August 2026 · Mark Sanford · $4.5–5K · 400K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • The American Dream is simple — work hard, play by the rules and build a better life. But when Washington keeps spending and printing money, your purchasing power disappears. Mark Sanford is running to change that. He needs your help, prayers and vote.

    3 August 2026 · Mark Sanford · $3.5–4K · 300K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • As Governor and Congressman, Mark Sanford vetoed wasteful budgets, paid down debt, and insisted the government live within its means. Now he's running for Senate to do it again, before it's too late. Join us at MarkSanford.com.

    30 July 2026 · Mark Sanford · $3.5–4K · 350K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

Pages that ran the ads

PageAdsSpend ($)
Mark Sanford13$50.6K

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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Marshall Sanford (Senate, South Carolina): Facebook and Instagram ads in the 2026 midterms · Vipima