United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Maryland 5
Rushern Baker III
Rushern Baker III’s FEC committees ran 10 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 27 May 2026 and 18 June 2026. Meta reports $10.4–12.6K of spend. That makes Rushern Baker III the 467th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Maryland 5. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
10
ads on 1 page
$11.5K
reported spend, range $10.4–12.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$550
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$11.5K
10 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Rushern Baker · $11.5K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $550
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 50%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$13–14.5K
2 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 24 June 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 1.2×
- Formats
- 2 text
- Impressions
- 75K–90K
- Targeting declared
- age on 2 ads
- States named
- Maryland
- Last ad shown
- 24 Jun
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSHERN BAKER FOR CONGRESS | 2 | 2 text | MD | 28 May | 24 Jun | $13–14.5K |
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 10 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Trump administration$9.2K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| RUSHERN BAKER FOR CONGRESS C00940692 | 10 | $11.5K |
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.
Whether it’s the cost of your prescription drugs, groceries, childcare, housing, or threats to Medicare and Social Security, Maryland families have been stretched thin by the Trump administration. We need to send leaders to Congress who understand what we’re going through and know how to get results. The stakes are too high for on-the-job training. Rushern Baker will be ready on day one to lead the fight in Congress and get Maryland families the relief we need.
28 May 2026 · Rushern Baker · $4–4.5K · 175K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
When Prince George's County was in crisis, Rushern Baker fought for Maryland families. As County Executive, he rebuilt our community, created thousands of jobs, and delivered a new regional hospital to bring quality healthcare closer to home. Now, our country is in crisis. And we need Rushern Baker to bring that same fight to Congress. The establishment wants to pick who gets to represent our district next, but Marylanders deserve someone who will answer to us, not political elites or special i
18 June 2026 · Rushern Baker · $900 – $999 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Rushern Baker | 10 | $11.5K |
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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