United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Missouri 1
Wesley Bell
Result: Won · 81.5% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Wesley Bell’s FEC committees ran 10 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 24 June 2026 and 29 July 2026. Meta reports $7.9–10.1K of spend. That makes Wesley Bell the 524th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Missouri 1. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
10
ads on 1 page
$9K
reported spend, range $7.9–10.1K
100%
of spend on federal races
$350
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$9K
10 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Wesley Bell for Congress · $9K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $350
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 30%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$196–238K
9 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 August 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 24.1×
- Formats
- 8 video · 1 text
- Impressions
- 9.5M–10.8M
- Targeting declared
- age on 8 ads · gender on 8 ads
- States named
- Missouri
- Last ad shown
- 4 Aug
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL FOR MISSOURI | 9 | 8 video · 1 text | MO | 25 Jun | 4 Aug | $196–238K |
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
- Donald Trump$2.2K
- Cori Bush$150
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| BELL FOR MISSOURI C00842336 | 10 | $9K |
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.
When Donald Trump's dysfunction in Washington hurt St. Louis families, Congressman Wesley Bell fought back. We can count on Wesley to keep fighting for us.
25 June 2026 · Wesley Bell for Congress · $4–4.5K · 500K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
When Donald Trump's dysfunction in Washington hurts St. Louis families, Congressman Wesley Bell fights back. We can count on Wesley to keep fighting for us.
24 July 2026 · Wesley Bell for Congress · $1.5–2K · 200K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
In 2024, #MO01 voted out Cori Bush, calling for better and more accountable representation. On August 4, St. Louisans will have the opportunity to reaffirm their decision. This district deserves a representative who is focused on them, not someone who only looks out for herself.
29 July 2026 · Wesley Bell for Congress · $100 – $199 · 35K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Wesley Bell for Congress | 10 | $9K |
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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