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Josh Turek US Inactive

Josh Turek for Iowa

ad creative

I just made a tough call.

Join Team Turek

Ad copy

This is Democrat Josh Turek, and I just made a very tough call. A poll came out showing me ahead in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race. We’ve had to pull money from other areas of our budget to capitalize on this news. I'm touching base with you because I told my team to get our TV ad on the airwaves even though the extra money isn't in our budget right now. The closer to the June 2nd primary, the harder it will be to catch voters’ attention. I’m taking a calculated risk to ultimately secure the biggest reward of all: the Senate majority. My campaign takes exactly $0.00 from corporate PACs, so I'm really counting on you to help us make up the gap. Will you help us win our primary and elect a champion for workers to fill Joni Ernst’s open Senate seat?
It’s Josh Turek, Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Iowa. If I look stressed, it’s because I just made a very tough call. I asked my team to book space to get our TV ad on the airwaves even though the extra funds aren’t in our budget right now. This is a calculated risk. The closer we get to June 2nd, the more difficult it’ll be to catch the attention of voters. My team and I need to raise the funds ASAP so we can keep highlighting our strong poll results, maximizing news moments, responding to attacks, and sharing my policy platform. We’ve taken exactly 0 contributions from corporate PACs. This campaign is funded by 53,000 individual donors chipping in whenever and however they can. I'm asking for your help to keep this ad running so I can win my primary, fill Joni Ernst’s open Senate seat, and get to work for working people. Will you help square our budget by chipping in whatever works for yours?

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Performance proxies

Overall score49.2/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.44.9 · 80.0 · 10.7 · 61.2
Spend rangeUSD 3,000–3,499
Impressions125,000 – 149,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 23.63
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live40 (2026-04-24 → 2026-06-03)
Created2026-04-24
Creative variants2 body · 2 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateIA — Josh Turek
Surfaced by“senate:Josh Turek”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementCandidate photographed candidly in a car backseat on his phone — deliberately unpolished to signal authenticity and hustle
TacticClassic 'tough call' fundraising urgency tactic: candidate signals momentum via a favorable poll, manufactures budget scarcity to justify the ask, and uses a raw, unstaged photo to build trust and lower donor resistance.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Iowa100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.1%
45-54 · male 4.3%
65+ · male 14.7%
65+ · female 35.8%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 6.7%
55-64 · female 15.7%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 9.5%
18-24 · male 0.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 3.4%
35-44 · female 5.8%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 1.1%
25-34 · female 1.5%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.7%

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