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John Reed for Metro Council District 29 US Inactive

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🅥🅞🅣🅔 JOHN REED FOR DISTRICT ➋➒ 🗳

Candidate for District 29

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Dɪsᴛʀɪᴄᴛ 29 ɴᴇᴇᴅs sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ɪs ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪᴛᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ. Tʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴡʜʏ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴏsᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛ ғɪɴᴀɴᴄɪᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛɪᴏɴs ғʀᴏᴍ ғᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴠᴀʟᴜᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏᴀʟs ᴛʜᴀᴛ I ᴅᴏ - ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ ᴠɪsɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ALL ʀᴇsɪᴅᴇɴᴛs ᴏғ Dɪsᴛʀɪᴄᴛ 29 ᴛʜʀɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴘᴜsʜᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ʙʏ ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴀsɪɴɢ ʀᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏsᴛ ᴏғ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴇxᴘᴇɴsᴇs ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴsᴜsᴛᴀɪɴᴀʙʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴇǫᴜɪᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇs. I’ᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ʙᴀᴄᴋɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ I ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴs ᴛᴏ sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ʙʏ. Mʏ ɢᴏᴀʟ ᴀs ᴀ Cɪᴛʏ Cᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs EASIER ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ, ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴀʀᴅᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ I ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴛᴏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛɪᴇs ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ. I ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴠᴏᴛᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ, Jᴏʜɴ Rᴇᴇᴅ, ᴏɴ Aᴜɢᴜsᴛ 3ʀᴅ. Lᴇᴀʀɴ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀᴛ https://johnreedforus.com/

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Performance proxies

Overall score19.0/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 24.3 · 0.6 · 51.2
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions100 – 999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 90.08
Est. audience size1,001 – 5,000
Days live3 (2023-08-01 → 2023-08-04)
Created2023-08-01
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languages
CandidateRI — John Reed
Surfaced by“senate:John Reed”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuehousing
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealpride
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsmoney cash, family
Call to actionvote
Standout elementBold red-and-white headline banner proclaiming no developer money taken, placed directly over the candidate's photo against a branded wallpaper backdrop
TacticThe ad uses financial integrity as its core persuasion tactic, positioning Reed as the uncorrupted grassroots alternative to developer-backed politicians by loudly pledging zero developer donations alongside a relatable working-family backstory.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Tennessee100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

55-64 · male 7.0%
45-54 · female 10.7%
65+ · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · female 16.8%
25-34 · female 6.2%
45-54 · male 5.2%
25-34 · male 5.4%
65+ · female 16.1%
18-24 · female 1.7%
35-44 · female 10.6%
35-44 · male 6.9%
65+ · male 11.6%
18-24 · male 1.0%
25-34 · unknown 0.3%
35-44 · unknown 0.3%

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