United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Pennsylvania 5

Mary Scanlon

Result: Won · 72.1% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.

Mary Scanlon’s FEC committees ran 8 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 13 October 2026 and 13 October 2026. Meta reports $10.9–13.7K of spend. That makes Mary Scanlon the 453rd largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Pennsylvania 5. Party: Democrats.

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

8

ads on 1 page

$12.3K

reported spend, range $10.9–13.7K

100%

of spend on federal races

$1.5K

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
50%
Promotional
50%

Share of the 8 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Republican policies$1.4K
  • Trump administration$899

Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.

Topics

Economy & cost of living
50%
Infrastructure & energy
25%
Corruption & governance
25%
Health
25%
Jobs & youth
25%
Candidate profile
25%

Spend by race: Federal 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

FEC committees

FEC committeeAdsSpend ($)
SCANLON FOR CONGRESS C006693588$12.3K

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.

  • As your Congresswoman, I always put you first, and that's why I'm fighting to ban private equity in our health care system. I'm running for re-election because we need to bring health care costs down now.

    13 October 2026 · Mary Gay Scanlon · $2.5–3K · 200K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • As your Congresswoman, I'm focused on bringing good jobs back to our district, from the airport to the shipyard. I'm running for re-election because we need a leader who will continue to invest in our area and fight for our families.

    13 October 2026 · Mary Gay Scanlon · $2.5–3K · 200K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • As your Congresswoman, I'm working to keep our costs low and protect us from high energy bills related to data centers. I'm running for re-election because we need to stop Republican policies that are driving up our costs.

    13 October 2026 · Mary Gay Scanlon · $1–1.5K · 100K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • As your Congresswoman, I've been fighting to ensure that we hold our government accountable and keep the Trump administration in check. I'm running for re-election because we can't take our foot off the gas.

    13 October 2026 · Mary Gay Scanlon · $400 – $499 · 35K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

Pages that ran the ads

PageAdsSpend ($)
Mary Gay Scanlon8$12.3K

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.

Back to the United States report, both parties and every candidate or every advertiser.

Mary Scanlon (House, Pennsylvania 5): Facebook and Instagram ads in the 2026 midterms · Vipima