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Jonathan Dean for Illinois - U.S. Senate US Inactive

DEAN FOR ILLINOIS

ad creative

Ad copy

I am humbly asking for your vote in the Democratic Primary for US Senate. I am running for Senate because it is heartbreaking to have small kids and see our government fail to function and fail to look out for their future. We need to send people to the Senate who will jolt the institution back to life. That’s why I am running. Learn more about my campaign at dean4il.com. We cannot afford to wait for establishment politicians to get their act together. We need to do it ourselves.

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Performance proxies

Overall score43.4/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.34.7 · 70.7 · 6.6 · 61.5
Spend rangeUSD 1,000–1,499
Impressions50,000 – 59,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 22.72
Est. audience size
Days live25 (2026-02-13 → 2026-03-10)
Created2026-02-13
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateIL — Jonathan Dean
Surfaced by“senate:Jonathan Dean”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealempathy
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsfamily
Call to actionvote
Standout elementCandidate posing with a homemade snowman in a suburban backyard — deliberately unpolished and neighborly
TacticThe DIY selfie-with-snowman visual reinforces the anti-establishment, everyman authenticity appeal in the copy, signaling the candidate is an ordinary parent rather than a career politician.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Illinois93.7%
Wisconsin4.2%
Indiana2.0%
Missouri0.1%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.4%
45-54 · male 6.5%
65+ · male 10.6%
65+ · female 22.5%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 7.3%
55-64 · female 13.8%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 11.9%
18-24 · male 0.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.3%
35-44 · male 6.5%
35-44 · female 10.3%
25-34 · unknown 0.4%
25-34 · male 3.6%
25-34 · female 4.7%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.3%

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