United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Illinois 8
Melissa Bean
Result: Won · 63.8% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Melissa Bean’s FEC committees ran 2 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 28 September 2026 and 28 September 2026. Meta reports $100 – $298 of spend. That makes Melissa Bean the 1,096th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Illinois 8. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
2
ads on 1 page
$199
reported spend, range $100 – $298
100%
of spend on federal races
$100
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 2 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Donald Trump$150
- GOP$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS C00919183 | 2 | $199 |
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.
Melissa knows how Congress is supposed to work. It's not working right now. We cannot allow the House to be a rubber stamp for President Trump. We need experienced leaders in Congress to stand up to President Trump and fight against corruption. Support Melissa Bean, a proven leader! Election Day is almost here, so we need your help to reach voters now. Chip in!
28 September 2026 · Melissa Bean for Congress · $100 – $199 · 1K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Illinois' 8th District has voted for Republicans before. The GOP sees an open seat and thinks that can happen again. We cannot let them add just another "Yes" vote for Trump's authoritarian policies. Election Day is almost here, so we need your help to reach voters now. Chip in!
28 September 2026 · Melissa Bean for Congress · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Bean for Congress | 2 | $199 |
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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