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Janet Mills US Inactive

Mills for Maine

ad creative

Janet Mills' ascension to leader of the Trump resistance was years in the making

“See you in court.” With those four words, Gov. Janet Mills went from a 77-year-old governor serving the last two years of her final term in a lightly populated state to an unlikely heroine of the Trump resistance.

Ad copy

Talk is cheap. And we can’t afford leaders who just talk a big game as Trump attacks Maine. I've never backed down from a bully, and I never will.

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Performance proxies

Overall score49.6/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.41.0 · 83.1 · 8.0 · 66.3
Spend rangeUSD 2,000–2,499
Impressions175,000 – 199,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 12.0
Est. audience size10,001 – 50,000
Days live30 (2026-02-18 → 2026-03-20)
Created2026-02-18
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateME — Janet Mills
Surfaced by“senate:Janet Mills”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealpride
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementNews article link from MainePublic.org lending earned-media credibility to the 'resistance leader' narrative
TacticThe ad pairs a defiant personal quote ('I've never backed down from a bully') with a third-party news article to authenticate Mills' anti-Trump fighter identity, converting earned media into paid persuasion.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine100.0%
Unknown0.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.9%
45-54 · male 6.0%
65+ · male 13.6%
65+ · female 25.2%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 6.4%
55-64 · female 11.5%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 11.0%
18-24 · male 0.4%
35-44 · unknown 0.4%
35-44 · male 5.7%
35-44 · female 9.7%
25-34 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · male 2.9%
25-34 · female 5.3%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.4%

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