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David Costello for U.S. Senate US Inactive

Costello for U.S. Senate

ad creative

Donate to David Costello

Donate to David Costello

Donate to David Costello

Ad copy

Washington is broken. MAGA GOP instigated dysfunction, corruption, and incompetence reigns, and our flawed checks and balances system has proven inadequate. To fix Washington, donate now to support David’s efforts to defeat Senator Susan Collins and begin the hard work of repairing and reforming our damaged and imperfect federal government.
Washington is broken. MAGA GOP instigated dysfunction, corruption, and incompetence reigns, and our flawed checks and balances system has proven inadequate. To fix Washington, donate now to support David’s efforts to defeat Senator Susan Collins and begin the hard work of repairing and reforming our damaged and imperfect federal government.
Washington is broken. MAGA GOP instigated dysfunction, corruption, and incompetence reigns, and our flawed checks and balances system has proven inadequate. To fix Washington, donate now to support David’s efforts to defeat Senator Susan Collins and begin the hard work of repairing and reforming our damaged and imperfect federal government.

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Performance proxies

Overall score24.6/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.11.9 · 34.4 · 1.7 · 50.5
Spend rangeUSD 100–199
Impressions1,000 – 1,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 99.7
Est. audience size
Days live7 (2025-08-19 → 2025-08-26)
Created2025-08-19
Creative variants3 body · 3 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateME — David Costello
Surfaced by“senate:David Costello”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingattack opponent
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedopponent
Symbolsnone
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementDesaturated photo of Susan Collins shaking hands with Trump, visually linking her to him
TacticThe ad uses guilt-by-association imagery — Collins visibly friendly with Trump in a darkened, desaturated frame — paired with an urgent anti-corruption message to drive small-dollar donations.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California12.0%
Massachusetts8.9%
New York8.3%
Virginia5.8%
Washington5.1%
Florida4.4%
Maryland4.2%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.1%
18-24 · male 0.3%
25-34 · female 0.7%
25-34 · male 1.1%
35-44 · female 1.1%
35-44 · male 1.2%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 1.4%
45-54 · male 2.7%
55-64 · female 4.7%
55-64 · male 8.5%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
65+ · female 37.8%
65+ · male 39.7%
65+ · unknown 0.3%

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