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Bill Redpath for Senate US Inactive

REDPATH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

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Rep. Sean Casten Looks to Defend Seat From Jeanne Ives, Bill Redpath in Illinois' 6th District

<p>In 2018, Rep. Sean Casten turned the 6th Congressional District blue for the first time in decades. Now, the freshman Democrat looks to defend his seat from a challenge by two candidates: Republican Jeanne Ives and Libertarian Bill Redpath, the former quite a familiar face in Illinois politics.</...

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Finally! A news article with a picture of all 3 candidates, not just Casten and Ives. Well, done NBC Chicago. - Jim, Social Media Director https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/rep-casten-looks-to-defend-seat-from-ives-redpath-in-illinois-6th-district/2351128/

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Performance proxies

Overall score19.0/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 24.3 · 0.3 · 51.2
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions100 – 999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 90.08
Est. audience size500,001 – 1,000,000
Days live2 (2020-10-23 → 2020-10-25)
Created2020-10-23
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateOH — William Redpath
Surfaced by“senate:William Redpath”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framinginformational
Message typeawareness
Emotional appealneutral
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementcasual social media director comment calling out media for finally including all three candidates
TacticLeverages borrowed credibility from NBC Chicago coverage to legitimize the third-party candidate's presence in the race, using insider social media voice to build authenticity and relatability.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Illinois100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

35-44 · female 4.0%
65+ · female 4.8%
45-54 · female 6.5%
25-34 · unknown 0.8%
25-34 · male 12.1%
55-64 · unknown 1.6%
65+ · male 11.3%
55-64 · male 15.3%
35-44 · male 15.3%
55-64 · female 6.5%
45-54 · male 16.1%
18-24 · male 2.4%
25-34 · female 1.6%
18-24 · female 1.6%

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