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John Deaton for US Senate US Inactive

JOHN DEATON FOR SENATE INC.

ad creative

Ad copy

Let’s scrub the grime from Washington. I am proposing a “Clean Hands Act” to bring term limits to Congress, ban stock trading while in office, impose a lifetime lobbying ban after leaving public service, and end Leadership PAC slush funds once and for all. Washington was never meant to be a career, and public service was never meant to be a path to getting rich.

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Performance proxies

Overall score39.0/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.17.4 · 66.9 · 0.8 · 70.7
Spend rangeUSD 200–299
Impressions35,000 – 39,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 6.65
Est. audience size
Days live4 (2026-05-27 → 2026-05-31)
Created2026-05-27
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateMA — John Deaton
Surfaced by“senate:John Deaton”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingissue advocacy
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementextreme close-up of mud-caked hands being washed under running water, viscerally embodying the 'scrub the grime from Washington' metaphor
TacticThe ad uses a powerful sensory metaphor — literally dirty hands being cleaned — to make anti-corruption reform feel tangible and urgent, positioning Deaton as the reformer who will clean up a morally filthy Congress.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Massachusetts100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.2%
45-54 · male 12.0%
65+ · male 15.1%
65+ · female 15.6%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 14.7%
55-64 · female 11.0%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 6.5%
18-24 · male 0.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 9.2%
35-44 · female 4.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 7.7%
25-34 · female 2.8%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.2%

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