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Carlin for U.S. Senate US Inactive

CARLIN FOR US SENATE

ad creative

It’s Time for Joni Ernst to Go!

We’re joined by our first primary challenger of the year, former Iowa state Senator Jim Carlin, who is running for U.S. Senate. He has been part of the grassroots effort to fight the Green New Deal la

Ad copy

Jim Carlin on with Daniel Horowitz. Listen now!

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Performance proxies

Overall score33.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.11.9 · 55.8 · 1.4 · 66.3
Spend rangeUSD 100–199
Impressions10,000 – 14,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 11.96
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live6 (2025-07-05 → 2025-07-11)
Created2025-07-05
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateIA — James Carlin
Surfaced by“senate:James Carlin”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tierunknown
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementBlank/unloaded image with all persuasion carried by the copy attack on incumbent senator
TacticThe ad uses a media appearance on a conservative podcast as borrowed credibility to amplify a direct attack on incumbent Joni Ernst, signaling a primary challenge with outsider energy.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Iowa88.9%
Minnesota9.3%
South Dakota1.7%
Unknown0.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

35-44 · female 0.2%
35-44 · male 0.8%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%
45-54 · female 1.2%
45-54 · male 3.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · female 5.8%
55-64 · male 11.7%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · female 36.8%
65+ · male 39.7%
65+ · unknown 0.5%

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