Mills for Maine
“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.
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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| Overall score | 49.6/100 |
| Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff. | 41.0 · 83.1 · 8.0 · 66.3 |
| Spend range | USD 2,000–2,499 |
| Impressions | 175,000 – 199,999 |
| CPM (≈ $/1k impr) | USD 12.0 |
| Est. audience size | 10,001 – 50,000 |
| Days live | 30 (2026-02-18 → 2026-03-20) |
| Created | 2026-02-18 |
| Creative variants | 1 body · 1 headline |
| Platforms | |
| Languages | en |
| Candidate | ME — Janet Mills |
| Surfaced by | “senate:Janet Mills” |
| Issue | candidate character bio |
| Framing | positive candidate |
| Message type | persuasion |
| Emotional appeal | pride |
| Production tier | semi pro |
| Who pictured | candidate |
| Symbols | none |
| Call to action | none |
| Standout element | News article link from MainePublic.org lending earned-media credibility to the 'resistance leader' narrative |
| Tactic | The 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. |
| Maine | 100.0% |
| Unknown | 0.0% |
| 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% |