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Graham Platner US Inactive

GRAHAM FOR MAINE

ad creative

Important Message

Important Message

I am counting on grassroots donors like you to chip in now if we're going to defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue.

I am counting on grassroots donors like you to chip in now if we're going to defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue.

Ad copy

Hey everyone, Graham Platner here. Susan Collins, AIPAC, and the Republican Super PACs are already running millions in negative TV ads attacking me and flooding the airwaves. We need to fight back. But to do so, we need money. We need to raise about $100,000, and I'm counting on people like you to give now if we're going to win. I'm not taking money from corporate PACs or special interests like AIPAC. Instead, I'm relying entirely on you to defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue. So please, will you make a monthly donation right now to our campaign to help me fight back, defeat Susan Collins, and take back the Senate for Democrats?
Hey everyone, Graham Platner here. Susan Collins, AIPAC, and the Republican Super PACs are already running millions in negative TV ads attacking me and flooding the airwaves. We need to fight back. But to do so, we need money. We need to raise about $100,000, and I'm counting on people like you to give now if we're going to win. I'm not taking money from corporate PACs or special interests like AIPAC. Instead, I'm relying entirely on you to defeat Susan Collins and flip Maine blue. So please, will you make a monthly donation right now to our campaign to help me fight back, defeat Susan Collins, and take back the Senate for Democrats?

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Performance proxies

Overall score59.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.71.2 · 100.0 · 10.5 · 57.8
Spend rangeUSD 35,000–39,999
Impressions1,000,000 – 0
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 37.5
Est. audience size
Days live39 (2026-05-12 → 2026-06-20)
Created2026-05-12
Creative variants2 body · 2 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — Graham Platner
Surfaced by“senate:Graham Platner”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsfarm rural
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementCandidate in Carhartt jacket on a Maine dock holding a lobster trap — deliberate everyman working-class visual identity
TacticThe ad uses an underdog-vs-big-money urgency frame — naming AIPAC and Republican Super PACs as villains — to drive grassroots fundraising by positioning the candidate as a scrappy, PAC-free outsider who needs immediate donor support to survive.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Maine12.6%
California9.9%
Massachusetts9.5%
New York7.9%
Washington4.0%
Florida3.7%
Pennsylvania3.3%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.3%
45-54 · male 9.7%
65+ · unknown 0.6%
65+ · male 22.4%
65+ · female 16.8%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
55-64 · male 12.8%
55-64 · female 6.5%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 3.4%
18-24 · male 1.9%
35-44 · unknown 0.2%
35-44 · male 11.9%
35-44 · female 3.1%
25-34 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · male 8.0%
25-34 · female 1.7%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
Unknown · unknown 0.0%

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