Friends of Tom Willis
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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| Overall score | 32.2/100 |
| Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff. | 11.9 · 51.9 · 1.7 · 63.5 |
| Spend range | USD 100–199 |
| Impressions | 8,000 – 8,999 |
| CPM (≈ $/1k impr) | USD 17.59 |
| Est. audience size | 100,001 – 500,000 |
| Days live | 7 (2024-02-16 → 2024-02-23) |
| Created | 2024-02-16 |
| Creative variants | 1 body · 0 headline |
| Platforms | |
| Languages | en |
| Candidate | WV — Tom Willis |
| Surfaced by | “senate:Tom Willis” |
| Issue | economy taxes |
| Framing | attack opponent |
| Message type | persuasion |
| Emotional appeal | anger |
| Production tier | semi pro |
| Who pictured | opponent |
| Symbols | money cash, us flag, capitol statue |
| Call to action | learn more |
| Standout element | Floating green dollar sign emojis superimposed around the opponent's head to visually signal greed |
| Tactic | The 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. |
| West Virginia | 87.7% |
| Maryland | 11.5% |
| Virginia | 0.8% |
| 25-34 · female | 0.2% |
| 45-54 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 55-64 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 25-34 · male | 1.4% |
| 65+ · unknown | 0.3% |
| 45-54 · female | 3.6% |
| 35-44 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 55-64 · female | 8.8% |
| 35-44 · female | 1.3% |
| 35-44 · male | 6.0% |
| 45-54 · male | 11.9% |
| 55-64 · male | 20.7% |
| 65+ · male | 28.0% |
| 65+ · female | 17.5% |