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Tom Willis WV US Inactive

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Senator Blair is milking the system. Senate President Craig Blair makes exhaustive use of “duty days” to the extent that in 2022 he received over $65,000 in pay plus at least $35,000 in expense money, totaling over $100,000 for a $20,000 per year job. In total he claimed to have worked more than 5 days per week, 52 weeks per year. Under the upcoming pay scale, this would mean Blair would be paying himself $150,000 a year...for a part time job when most West Virginians make less than $50,000 a year. Read more here- https://www.timeswv.com/opinion/guest_columns/should-a-state-senator-be-making-180-000-per-year-for-a-part-time-job/article_596acb66-bde9-11ed-8996-9fe6065e9c2f.html

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Performance proxies

Overall score40.6/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.17.4 · 61.7 · 16.3 · 66.9
Spend rangeUSD 200–299
Impressions20,000 – 24,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 11.09
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live60 (2024-03-12 → 2024-05-11)
Created2024-03-12
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateWV — Tom Willis
Surfaced by“senate:Tom Willis”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueeconomy taxes
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedopponent
Symbolsmoney cash, us flag, capitol statue
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementFloating green dollar sign emojis superimposed around the opponent's head to visually signal greed
TacticThe ad uses a populist corruption frame — contrasting Blair's alleged $100,000+ take from a $20,000 job against the average West Virginian's income — to trigger outrage and distrust toward the incumbent.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

West Virginia86.5%
Maryland12.5%
Virginia1.0%
Unknown0.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

55-64 · unknown 0.2%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · male 1.0%
45-54 · female 4.8%
45-54 · male 10.1%
65+ · female 22.1%
55-64 · male 18.1%
65+ · male 23.8%
55-64 · female 11.5%
35-44 · female 2.2%
35-44 · male 5.5%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · female 0.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%

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