CARLIN FOR US SENATE
Protect Iowa Farmers!
I'm an attorney, Army veteran, and public servant who has built my career standing up for people over politics. In the Iowa Legislature, I fought government overreach, defended individual freedoms, and exposed corruption that harmed the most vulnerable.
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| Overall score | 43.3/100 |
| Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff. | 17.4 · 73.9 · 6.1 · 75.9 |
| Spend range | USD 200–299 |
| Impressions | 70,000 – 79,999 |
| CPM (≈ $/1k impr) | USD 3.33 |
| Est. audience size | 10,001 – 50,000 |
| Days live | 23 (2026-04-12 → 2026-05-05) |
| Created | 2026-04-12 |
| Creative variants | 1 body · 1 headline |
| Platforms | facebook, instagram |
| Languages | en |
| Candidate | IA — James Carlin |
| Surfaced by | “senate:James Carlin” |
| Issue | agriculture rural |
| Framing | positive candidate |
| Message type | persuasion |
| Emotional appeal | pride |
| Production tier | semi pro |
| Who pictured | candidate, family children, veterans military |
| Symbols | farm rural, us flag |
| Call to action | learn more |
| Standout element | Split composition pairing a warm candidate-and-spouse farm photo with a bold red-and-blue stat card about disappearing family farms |
| Tactic | The ad leverages the candidate's Army veteran and attorney bio alongside a striking statistic about family farm loss to build trust and urgency among Iowa's rural agricultural base, positioning deregulation as a personal crusade rather than a policy abstraction. |
| Iowa | 49.0% |
| Nebraska | 7.6% |
| Minnesota | 6.3% |
| Illinois | 4.7% |
| Wisconsin | 4.2% |
| Missouri | 2.3% |
| South Dakota | 2.3% |
| 18-24 · female | 0.7% |
| 45-54 · male | 2.6% |
| 65+ · male | 26.5% |
| 65+ · female | 12.9% |
| 55-64 · unknown | 0.3% |
| 55-64 · male | 29.3% |
| 55-64 · female | 8.3% |
| 45-54 · unknown | 0.0% |
| 45-54 · female | 0.8% |
| 18-24 · male | 7.4% |
| 35-44 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 35-44 · male | 3.7% |
| 35-44 · female | 0.6% |
| 25-34 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 25-34 · male | 6.0% |
| 25-34 · female | 0.5% |
| 18-24 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 65+ · unknown | 0.2% |