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Zach Wahls US Inactive

WAHLS FOR IOWA

ad creative

One Speech to a Lifetime Together

Ad copy

Fifteen years ago, one speech changed two lives forever. Chloe watched Zach Wahls defend his two moms in front of the Iowa State Legislature. She was so moved by his speech that she wrote a blog post titled, “Marry Me, Zach Wahls.” Today, they’re celebrating their anniversary, and Zach is running for the United States Senate to bring that same courage to Washington. If you’re like Chloe and believe in leaders who speak from their hearts and fight for real people, pitch in $5, $15, or $25 today to help Zach win.

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Performance proxies

Overall score48.5/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.55.2 · 80.0 · 4.7 · 54.1
Spend rangeUSD 8,000–8,999
Impressions125,000 – 149,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 61.81
Est. audience size
Days live18 (2026-01-16 → 2026-02-03)
Created2026-01-16
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateIA — Zach Wahls
Surfaced by“senate:Zach Wahls”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuecandidate character bio
Framingpositive candidate
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealempathy
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedfamily children
Symbolsfamily
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementWife Chloe speaking directly to camera, personally narrating the love story origin from Zach's famous speech
TacticThe ad leverages a deeply personal origin story — tying the candidate's iconic advocacy moment to a real love story — to humanize and build emotional trust before the fundraising ask.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Iowa13.2%
California10.8%
New York5.8%
Illinois4.4%
Florida4.1%
Massachusetts4.0%
Minnesota3.8%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.2%
45-54 · male 3.5%
65+ · unknown 0.7%
65+ · male 16.3%
65+ · female 33.4%
55-64 · unknown 0.3%
55-64 · male 7.3%
55-64 · female 17.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · female 9.8%
18-24 · male 0.1%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · male 2.3%
35-44 · female 5.8%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · male 0.9%
25-34 · female 1.7%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
Unknown · unknown 0.0%

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