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Janet Mills US Inactive

Mills for Maine

ad creative

WEโ€™RE TIED

Help Janet defeat Susan Collins and flip the Senate blue!

Ad copy

๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐’๐“: A MAGA super PAC dropped $4 MILLION to boost Susan Collins and tip the scales in Maineโ€™s Senate race. ๐๐”๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„๐: A brand-new poll found us TIED with Collins โ€“ meaning every dollar makes a HUGE impact in a race that could be decided by just a few votes! ๐๐Ž๐–: We need 243 more donations by midnight to stay on track towards hitting our daily fundraising goal! Maine is the most flippable Republican-held Senate seat in the entire country, but all our hopes will be CRUSHED if we let MAGA money drown us out. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐š $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ $๐Ÿ”,๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐š๐ฅ, ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž >>

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Performance proxies

Overall score50.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.55.2 ยท 81.7 ยท 11.3 ยท 55.3
Spend rangeUSD 8,000โ€“8,999
Impressions150,000 โ€“ 174,999
CPM (โ‰ˆ $/1k impr)USD 52.3
Est. audience sizeโ€”
Days live42 (2026-01-29 โ†’ 2026-03-12)
Created2026-01-27
Creative variants1 body ยท 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME โ€” Janet Mills
Surfaced byโ€œsenate:Janet Millsโ€

๐Ÿง  AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealurgency
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedcandidate, opponent
Symbolsmoney cash
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementTied poll bar chart showing Mills and Collins at identical 43% with contrasting blue and red bars
TacticClassic fundraising urgency tactic combining a threat frame (MAGA super PAC money) with a tied-poll opportunity frame and a concrete donation countdown to drive immediate small-dollar contributions.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California11.7%
Massachusetts9.6%
Florida8.6%
New York7.9%
Washington4.4%
Pennsylvania4.2%
New Jersey3.2%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 ยท female 0.1%
45-54 ยท male 3.6%
65+ ยท unknown 0.9%
65+ ยท male 28.0%
65+ ยท female 37.9%
55-64 ยท unknown 0.3%
55-64 ยท male 9.4%
55-64 ยท female 10.6%
45-54 ยท unknown 0.1%
45-54 ยท female 3.6%
18-24 ยท male 0.1%
35-44 ยท unknown 0.1%
35-44 ยท male 2.1%
35-44 ยท female 1.7%
25-34 ยท unknown 0.1%
25-34 ยท male 0.8%
25-34 ยท female 0.7%
18-24 ยท unknown 0.0%
Unknown ยท unknown 0.0%

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