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State Representative Josh Turek US Inactive

Josh Turek for Iowa

ad creative

Donate before the buzzer 🚨

Ad copy

I’m Josh Turek, and I’m ready to defeat Joni Ernst and be Iowa’s defender in the U.S. Senate. As a former pro ball player, I like to move fast, so I'll make this quick: Will you chip in $25 to become a Founding Donor of my campaign today? Let’s win this thing.

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Performance proxies

Overall score44.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.44.9 · 73.9 · 4.1 · 56.7
Spend rangeUSD 3,000–3,499
Impressions70,000 – 79,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 43.33
Est. audience size
Days live16 (2025-08-12 → 2025-08-28)
Created2025-08-11
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateIA — Josh Turek
Surfaced by“senate:Josh Turek”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementbasketball shoot-the-buzzer-beater metaphor visually reinforcing the fundraising urgency deadline
TacticThe ad cleverly leverages the candidate's pro basketball background to create a sports urgency metaphor ('donate before the buzzer'), making the fundraising ask feel dynamic and time-sensitive rather than transactional.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California13.2%
Texas5.8%
Illinois5.7%
New York5.1%
Washington4.4%
Minnesota4.2%
Michigan4.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.4%
45-54 · male 4.5%
65+ · male 11.7%
65+ · female 29.4%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
55-64 · male 8.2%
55-64 · female 17.5%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 10.2%
18-24 · male 0.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.2%
35-44 · male 3.8%
35-44 · female 7.0%
25-34 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · male 2.2%
25-34 · female 3.1%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.6%

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