United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Kentucky 5
Ned Pillersdorf
Result: Lost · 25.4% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Ned Pillersdorf’s FEC committees ran 4 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 19 October 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $3.4–4.6K of spend. That makes Ned Pillersdorf the 708th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Kentucky 5. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
4
ads on 1 page
$4K
reported spend, range $3.4–4.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$1.1K
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$4K
4 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Ned For Congress · $4K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $1.1K
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 25%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$100 – $700
6 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 18 October 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.1×
- Formats
- 6 video
- Impressions
- 50K–64K
- Targeting declared
- age on 3 ads · gender on 3 ads
- States named
- Kentucky
- Last ad shown
- 18 Oct
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned for Congress | 6 | 6 video | KY | 13 Jul | 18 Oct | $100 – $700 |
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 4 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Hal Rogers$1.2K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| NED FOR CONGRESS C00907055 | 4 | $4K |
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.
For 45 years, Ned Pillersdorf has fought for the underdog as a lawyer. Now he's running for Congress to stand up for Eastern Kentucky families and bring new leadership to Washington.
20 October 2026 · Ned For Congress · $1.5–2K · 300K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
We're hunting for the old Hal Rogers, and the scent has gone cold. All we can find is the 88 year old Hal Rogers who voted to cut Medicaid and SNAP benefits in the poorest congressional district in America, while giving tax cuts away to billionaires. But there's hope: Ned Pillersdorf has spent the last 40 years fighting for Eastern Kentucky and will bring that fight to Congress. Let's try something new: Let's Vote Ned!
26 October 2026 · Ned For Congress · $1–1.5K · 200K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
After decades in Washington, Eastern Kentucky deserves a fresh voice. Former Governor Paul Patton is supporting Ned Pillersdorf because he believes it's time for leadership that puts local families first. Vote Ned Pillersdorf for Congress.
19 October 2026 · Ned For Congress · $900 – $999 · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Ned For Congress | 4 | $4K |
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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