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Josh Turek US Inactive

Josh Turek for Iowa

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FLIP IOWAโ€™S OPEN SENATE SEAT ยป

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IOWA SENATE RACE UPDATE: Sen. Joni Ernst is OUT, leaving this must-win seat ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป. Ernstโ€™s departure puts National Republicans in danger of ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. While the other side scrambles, we MUST seize this momentum to take the lead in this race. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ $๐Ÿฑ, $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ, $๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†? This may be the most important moment of our entire campaign, and weโ€™re counting on this grassroots team.

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Performance proxies

Overall score49.1/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.50.6 ยท 78.0 ยท 12.1 ยท 55.8
Spend rangeUSD 5,000โ€“5,999
Impressions100,000 โ€“ 124,999
CPM (โ‰ˆ $/1k impr)USD 48.88
Est. audience sizeโ€”
Days live45 (2025-08-29 โ†’ 2025-10-13)
Created2025-08-29
Creative variants1 body ยท 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateIA โ€” Josh Turek
Surfaced byโ€œsenate:Josh Turekโ€

๐Ÿง  AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementCandidate in wheelchair at home with bold 'FOR THE PEOPLE' caption, creating an authentic, relatable contrast to polished political imagery
TacticThe ad exploits a news peg โ€” Joni Ernst's exit โ€” to manufacture urgency and frame the race as a once-in-a-cycle opportunity, driving immediate small-dollar donations through a 'Rapid Response Fund' hook.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California15.5%
Texas6.5%
New York6.4%
Florida5.7%
Illinois5.2%
Pennsylvania3.6%
Massachusetts3.5%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 ยท female 0.3%
45-54 ยท male 3.4%
65+ ยท male 13.4%
65+ ยท female 40.0%
55-64 ยท unknown 0.3%
55-64 ยท male 7.3%
55-64 ยท female 18.2%
45-54 ยท unknown 0.1%
45-54 ยท female 7.5%
18-24 ยท male 0.3%
35-44 ยท unknown 0.1%
35-44 ยท male 2.0%
35-44 ยท female 3.8%
25-34 ยท unknown 0.1%
25-34 ยท male 1.0%
25-34 ยท female 1.6%
18-24 ยท unknown 0.0%
65+ ยท unknown 0.7%

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