United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · Senate, Rhode Island
Michael Bahry
Michael Bahry’s FEC committees ran 26 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 5 July 2026 and 9 October 2026. Meta reports $2.2–5.2K of spend. That makes Michael Bahry the 728th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for Senate, Rhode Island.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
26
ads on 1 page
$3.7K
reported spend, range $2.2–5.2K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 21 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth and President Trump$299
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 91%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL BAHRY FOR SENATE COMMITTEE C00949982 | 26 | $3.7K |
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.
🇺🇸 WHY SHOULD RHODE ISLANDERS CARE? 🇺🇸 🏛️ Rep. Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, alleging violations of the War Powers Resolution involving military operations in Iran. These are allegations made by Massie as part of an ongoing congressional dispute over executive and congressional war powers. ⚖️ For Rhode Island, this raises an important question: 🇺🇸 Who should have the authority to send our service members into prolonged hosti
4 October 2026 · Michael Bahry for Senate · $1–1.5K · 60K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
🇺🇸 RHODE ISLAND POLITICS SHOULD START FACE-TO-FACE. ⚓️ 👇 We want to hear from you: 🇺🇸 What is the ONE issue you want every candidate for U.S. Senate to answer before Election Day? 💬 Drop it in the comments — serious answers encouraged. 📲 Follow along for more conversations from around Rhode Island. ⚓️🇺🇸 Rhode Island. Real people. Real conversations. #RhodeIsland #RIPolitics #RhodeIslandPolitics #USSenate #Independent #MichaelBahry #BahryForSenate #RhodeIslandLife
4 October 2026 · Michael Bahry for Senate · $600 – $699 · 35K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
IMPEACH I have reviewed Congressman Thomas Massie’s resolution impeaching Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth for unauthorized war and violating the War Powers Resolution. These same charges apply directly to President Trump. U.S. President Trump has said: 🗓️On April 1st: “Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until
25 September 2026 · Michael Bahry for Senate · $200 – $299 · 20K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Learn more @https://bahryforsenate.com Please follow, like and share!
4 September 2026 · Michael Bahry for Senate · $200 – $299 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Learn more at https://bahryforsenate.com Please follow, like and share!
19 August 2026 · Michael Bahry for Senate · $100 – $199 · 5K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
https://www.change.org/letcandidatesbeheard
9 October 2026 · Michael Bahry for Senate · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Bahry for Senate | 26 | $3.7K |
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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