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David Costello for U.S. Senate US Inactive

COSTELLO FOR SENATE

ad creative

Home | Costello for Senate

David Costello is a government reform advocate running for the U.S. Senate in Maine. He is a Democrat who wants to help in advancing long overdue legislative and constitutional reforms to strengthen our democracy, government, and economy.

Ad copy

Why Costello over King? Costello: Working class Maine upbringing; broader, deeper government experience; and greater willingness to forcefully tackle our nation's most pressing problems like climate change, gun violence, economic inequality, and retirement insecurity

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Performance proxies

Overall score23.4/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 34.4 · 0.6 · 58.7
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions1,000 – 1,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 33.01
Est. audience size
Days live3 (2024-08-20 → 2024-08-23)
Created2024-08-20
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsinstagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — David Costello
Surfaced by“senate:David Costello”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueother
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealurgency
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementDirect 'Why Costello over King?' framing turning the ad into an explicit head-to-head comparison pitch
TacticThe ad uses a contrast-comparison tactic by directly naming the incumbent opponent and listing Costello's biographical and experiential advantages, leveraging working-class identity and progressive issue stacking to differentiate from King.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California18.0%
New York17.0%
Texas12.4%
Florida11.0%
Georgia7.2%
New Jersey6.3%
Illinois6.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

35-44 · unknown 0.1%
18-24 · unknown 0.4%
45-54 · male 1.1%
35-44 · female 15.5%
18-24 · female 8.5%
25-34 · female 39.4%
35-44 · male 6.5%
65+ · female 2.3%
25-34 · male 16.3%
55-64 · male 1.0%
65+ · male 1.9%
55-64 · female 1.4%
45-54 · female 1.8%
18-24 · male 3.4%
25-34 · unknown 0.5%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%

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