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David Costello US Inactive

COSTELLO FOR U.S. SENATE

ad creative

David Costello

Digital creator

Ad copy

To challenge and defeat Senator Susan Collins, I believe one's lived and work experience matters!!! Mine: working class upbringing; solid education; 25+years hands-on senior-level government experience, both in the US and abroad, and a very substantive policy and governing practice reform agenda...

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Performance proxies

Overall score33.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.11.9 · 55.8 · 1.4 · 66.3
Spend rangeUSD 100–199
Impressions10,000 – 14,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 11.96
Est. audience size
Days live6 (2026-05-28 → 2026-06-03)
Created2026-05-28
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — David Costello
Surfaced by“senate:David Costello”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealempathy
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate, veterans military, workers labor
Symbolsfarm rural, family, military
Call to actionnone
Standout elementcandidate standing in front of a modest rural home mirroring his working-class origin story
TacticClassic bootstraps biography tactic — candidate uses personal hardship narrative and veteran father reference to build emotional relatability and justify his policy platform against an incumbent.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California13.8%
New York10.8%
Florida7.1%
Texas6.8%
New Jersey4.6%
Pennsylvania4.4%
Illinois3.5%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 10.3%
45-54 · male 4.2%
65+ · unknown 0.0%
65+ · male 4.7%
65+ · female 4.8%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · male 2.6%
55-64 · female 1.6%
45-54 · unknown 0.0%
45-54 · female 2.2%
18-24 · male 13.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 12.5%
35-44 · female 5.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.3%
25-34 · male 23.3%
25-34 · female 14.7%
18-24 · unknown 0.2%
Unknown · male 0.0%

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