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Carlin for U.S. Senate US Inactive

CARLIN FOR US SENATE

ad creative

Jim Carlin for US Senate

Protect Iowa Farmers!

Ad copy

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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Performance proxies

Overall score43.3/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.17.4 · 73.9 · 6.1 · 75.9
Spend rangeUSD 200–299
Impressions70,000 – 79,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 3.33
Est. audience size10,001 – 50,000
Days live23 (2026-04-12 → 2026-05-05)
Created2026-04-12
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateIA — James Carlin
Surfaced by“senate:James Carlin”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueagriculture rural
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealpride
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate, family children, veterans military
Symbolsfarm rural, us flag
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementSplit composition pairing a warm candidate-and-spouse farm photo with a bold red-and-blue stat card about disappearing family farms
TacticThe 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.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Iowa49.0%
Nebraska7.6%
Minnesota6.3%
Illinois4.7%
Wisconsin4.2%
Missouri2.3%
South Dakota2.3%

Who saw it (delivery)

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%

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