Terry Virts for Texas
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Terry is a former NASA Astronaut and Veteran F-16 Fighter Pilot running for the NEW Congressional District 9 because Texas Democrats deserve better. It's time to stand up for Texas and stand up to Abbott and Trump.
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| Overall score | 30.8/100 |
| Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff. | 11.9 · 47.5 · 3.6 · 60.2 |
| Spend range | USD 100–199 |
| Impressions | 5,000 – 5,999 |
| CPM (≈ $/1k impr) | USD 27.18 |
| Est. audience size | 100,001 – 500,000 |
| Days live | 14 (2026-02-13 → 2026-02-27) |
| Created | 2026-02-13 |
| Creative variants | 1 body · 1 headline |
| Platforms | |
| Languages | en |
| Candidate | TX — Terry Virts |
| Surfaced by | “senate:Terry Virts” |
| Issue | candidate character bio |
| Framing | positive candidate |
| Message type | fundraising |
| Emotional appeal | pride |
| Production tier | semi pro |
| Who pictured | candidate, veterans military |
| Symbols | us flag, military |
| Call to action | donate |
| Standout element | Astronaut in space suit with Earth in background behind campaign logo, merging military/space hero imagery |
| Tactic | The ad leverages Virts's rare astronaut-and-fighter-pilot biography as credibility shorthand, framing him as uniquely qualified while invoking anti-Abbott/Trump sentiment to mobilize Democratic donors. |
| Texas | 100.0% |
| 18-24 · female | 0.3% |
| 45-54 · male | 9.4% |
| 65+ · male | 21.5% |
| 65+ · female | 24.2% |
| 55-64 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 55-64 · male | 13.4% |
| 55-64 · female | 9.5% |
| 45-54 · unknown | 0.2% |
| 45-54 · female | 5.1% |
| 18-24 · male | 1.0% |
| 35-44 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 35-44 · male | 5.8% |
| 35-44 · female | 3.5% |
| 25-34 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 25-34 · male | 3.8% |
| 25-34 · female | 1.6% |
| 65+ · unknown | 0.3% |