United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Maine 1
Ronald Russell
Result: Lost · 34.1% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Ronald Russell’s FEC committees ran 5 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 15 August 2026 and 1 October 2026. Meta reports $1.7–2.6K of spend. That makes Ronald Russell the 830th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Maine 1. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
5
ads on 1 page
$2.1K
reported spend, range $1.7–2.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$250
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 5 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- the same government officials$1.2K
- Democratic leadership$250
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL FOR CONGRESS C00860379 | 5 | $2.1K |
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.
One of the greatest concerns on the minds of the Mainers to whom I have spoken is affordability. As affordability gets worse, it makes me wonder why the voters would continue to elect the same government officials who have exacerbated the problem. With the upcoming election on 3 November, now is the time to fire the old guard and start anew. It can and will only get better!
10 September 2026 · Ron Russell for Congress · $1–1.5K · 125K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Are you better off today than you were 18 years ago? In all those years has your life gotten easier? Is your grocery bill smaller? Is your heating bill lower?
21 August 2026 · Ron Russell for Congress · $300 – $399 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Lets talk about the results of Democratic leadership in Maine.
1 October 2026 · Ron Russell for Congress · $200 – $299 · 25K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
November 3rd is fast approaching. Are you ready for growth, or will you reside with complacency for another election cycle. "It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. The millions who are in want will not stand by silently forever while the things to satisfy their needs are within easy reach." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
21 August 2026 · Ron Russell for Congress · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Ron Russell for Congress | 5 | $2.1K |
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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