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Jared Hudson for Alabama US Inactive

Hudson for Alabama

ad creative

Ad copy

We can’t have a bunch of men that look like a busted can of biscuits defending our country. I’ve been in gunfights as a Navy SEAL. Weakness isn’t funny. It gets people killed. The United States military is not a participation trophy. It is the most lethal fighting force on earth. And thank God President Trump understands that.

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Performance proxies

Overall score40.5/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.21.0 · 65.4 · 8.5 · 67.1
Spend rangeUSD 300–399
Impressions30,000 – 34,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 10.75
Est. audience size10,001 – 50,000
Days live32 (2026-02-19 → 2026-03-23)
Created2026-02-19
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateAL — Jared Hudson
Surfaced by“senate:Jared Hudson”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueforeign policy defense
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealfear
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate, veterans military
Symbolsmilitary, us flag
Call to actionnone
Standout elementFox News chyron branding pairing candidate's name with Trump's Hamas warning for borrowed credibility
TacticThe ad leverages the candidate's Navy SEAL combat biography and a Fox News appearance to establish masculine toughness credibility, using visceral language ('busted can of biscuits') and Trump alignment to signal strength-over-wokeness to conservative base voters.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Alabama100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.3%
45-54 · male 6.9%
65+ · male 12.6%
65+ · female 21.4%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 13.1%
55-64 · female 20.9%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 9.7%
18-24 · male 0.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 4.3%
35-44 · female 5.0%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · male 2.7%
25-34 · female 1.9%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.2%

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