Astronaut Terry Virts US Inactive
Terry Virts for Texas
Chron Endorses Virts
Terry Virts is running for the 9th Congressional district in Texas Congress
Ad copy
Lake Houston, Astronaut Terry Virts is the former F-16 Fighter Pilot that will face down Trump and fight for you. Election Day is March 3!
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Performance proxies
| Overall score | 29.1/100 |
| Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff. | 0.0 · 47.5 · 0.6 · 68.5 |
| Spend range | <USD 99 |
| Impressions | 5,000 – 5,999 |
| CPM (≈ $/1k impr) | USD 9.0 |
| Est. audience size | — |
| Days live | 3 (2026-02-27 → 2026-03-02) |
| Created | 2026-02-27 |
| Creative variants | 1 body · 1 headline |
| Platforms | facebook, instagram |
| Languages | — |
| Candidate | TX — Terry Virts |
| Surfaced by | “senate:Terry Virts” |
🧠 AI analysis
| Issue | candidate character bio |
| Framing | positive candidate |
| Message type | persuasion |
| Emotional appeal | pride |
| Production tier | semi pro |
| Who pictured | candidate, veterans military |
| Symbols | military, us flag |
| Call to action | vote |
| Standout element | Houston Chronicle newspaper clipping snippet lending editorial credibility beneath the astronaut's commanding pose |
| Tactic | The ad stacks two powerful credibility layers — military/astronaut biography and a newspaper endorsement — to position Virts as a uniquely qualified, outsider-hero Democrat capable of flipping a redistricted seat. |
Where it ran (delivery by region)
| Texas | 14.8% |
| California | 10.1% |
| Florida | 6.5% |
| New York | 5.4% |
| New Jersey | 3.5% |
| Ohio | 3.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 3.4% |
Who saw it (delivery)
| 18-24 · female | 2.5% |
| 45-54 · male | 3.1% |
| 65+ · male | 21.8% |
| 65+ · female | 16.9% |
| 55-64 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 55-64 · male | 6.2% |
| 55-64 · female | 2.2% |
| 45-54 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 45-54 · female | 0.7% |
| 18-24 · male | 24.3% |
| 35-44 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 35-44 · male | 4.3% |
| 35-44 · female | 0.9% |
| 25-34 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 25-34 · male | 14.3% |
| 25-34 · female | 1.6% |
| 18-24 · unknown | 0.5% |
| 65+ · unknown | 0.3% |
