United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Louisiana 5
Michael Echols
Result: Lost · 14.4% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Michael Echols’s FEC committees ran 86 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 2 May 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $7.3–15.8K of spend. That makes Michael Echols the 465th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Louisiana 5. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
86
ads on 1 page
$11.6K
reported spend, range $7.3–15.8K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$11.6K
86 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Michael Echols for Congress · $11.6K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 8.3%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$11.2–13.5K
11 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 1.1×
- Formats
- 11 video
- Impressions
- 720K–857K
- Targeting declared
- age on 7 ads · gender on 7 ads
- States named
- Louisiana
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECHOLS FOR CONGRESS | 11 | 11 video | LA | 21 Sep | 4 Nov | $11.2–13.5K |
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 72 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Gabe Firment$250
- Ned White, Misti Cordell, and Raise the Bar PAC$50
- Raise the Bar PAC and the LAGOP$50
- Misti$50
- Misti Cordell$50
- Misti Cordell and her team$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 82%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| ECHOLS FOR CONGRESS C00938654 | 86 | $11.6K |
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.
Michael Echols is a businessman and a builder. He wants to go to congress to solve real problems for real people.
26 October 2026 · Michael Echols for Congress · $700 – $799 · 45K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Michael Echols is the right choice for Tangipahoa Parish!
8 September 2026 · Michael Echols for Congress · $600 – $699 · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I want to go to congress to solve REAL problems for REAL people.
28 September 2026 · Michael Echols for Congress · $400 – $499 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Like you, I wish DC would spend less time fighting and more time lowering the cost of living for regular people.
24 September 2026 · Michael Echols for Congress · $400 – $499 · 45K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
You have my word that I never will.
22 September 2026 · Michael Echols for Congress · $300 – $399 · 20K+ impressions · Ad Library
It’s not an entitlement. You paid into it for decades. In Congress, I’ll make sure Washington keeps its promise.
11 October 2026 · Michael Echols for Congress · $300 – $399 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Echols for Congress | 86 | $11.6K |
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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