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Astronaut Terry Virts US Inactive

Terry Virts for Texas

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Free Meet-n-Greet Astronaut Jose Hernandez and Terry Virts

You and your family are invited to a breakfast meet-and-greet with Astronauts Jose Hernandez and Terry Virts. Jose's story was featured in the major motion picture A Million Miles Away in 2023. Terry is a former commander of the International Space Station and an F-16 Combat Veteran running to serve in Congress in the newly created CD 9, encompassing East Harris County and Liberty County. The seat is an open seat. RSVP: https://forms.gle/c8FXSbA22yRUJH7v9

Ad copy

You and your family are invited to a breakfast meet-and-greet with Astronauts Jose Hernandez and Terry Virts. Jose's story was featured in the major motion picture A Million Miles Away in 2023. Terry is a former commander of the International Space Station and an F-16 Combat Veteran running to serve in Congress in the newly created CD 9, encompassing East Harris County and Liberty County. The seat is an open seat. RSVP: https://forms.gle/c8FXSbA22yRUJH7v9

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Performance proxies

Overall score25.6/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 39.6 · 0.3 · 62.6
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions2,000 – 2,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 19.8
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live2 (2026-02-14 → 2026-02-16)
Created2026-02-14
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateTX — Terry Virts
Surfaced by“senate:Terry Virts”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingpositive candidate
Message typegotv mobilization
Emotional appealpride
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate, veterans military
Symbolsmilitary, us flag
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementTwo astronauts in orange NASA flight suits side by side, lending aspirational credibility through shared space heroism
TacticThe ad leverages candidate's astronaut and combat veteran identity as social proof, using a celebrity astronaut peer (Hernandez) to drive event attendance and build name recognition in a new district.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Texas100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.4%
45-54 · male 9.0%
65+ · male 3.9%
65+ · female 5.1%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · male 5.1%
55-64 · female 7.0%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 14.2%
18-24 · male 0.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.6%
35-44 · male 11.9%
35-44 · female 21.8%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 8.2%
25-34 · female 11.6%
18-24 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · unknown 0.1%

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