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Dan Osborn for Senate US Inactive

OSBORN FOR SENATE

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Politics shouldn’t only be for the rich

I’m not rich. I’m not trying to become rich.

Give now to help me defeat Republican Deb Fischer

ANNOUNCEMENT: Please read...

PLEASE READ: I am leaving my job

The only people who can afford to run for Senate full-time are millionaires like my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer.

Working people like me can’t afford to give up our jobs to run for office.

During this campaign, I’ve been working 40, 60, sometimes 90 hours a week just to pay our bills.

I just announced that I am taking a leave from my job as a steamfitter.

How’s anybody with a real job supposed to win when your opponent is wealthy enough to not work at all?

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The only people who can afford to run for Senate full-time are millionaires like my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer. That’s why they’re the only people who ever win. It’s why the Senate is just another country club full of Ivy League graduates, former business execs, and trust fund babies. Working people like me, we can’t afford to give up our jobs to run for office. During this campaign, I’ve been working 40, 60, sometimes 90 hours a week as a steamfitter just to pay our bills and put food on the table. How’s anybody with a real job supposed to campaign and win when your opponent is wealthy enough to not work at all? That’s why I just announced that I am taking a leave from my job as a steamfitter to campaign full-time for the U.S. Senate and keep up our momentum. And yes, that means I’m going to need to take a salary from our campaign. Not a big one. Just enough to replace the $48,000 I got paid last year and the cost of health care for me and my family. Politics shouldn’t only be for the rich, and this is the only way we can change that. Two news polls show me neck-and-neck with my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer – and in one, I am LEADING her by 2 points. But she still has $2.3 million more than us because of her corporate PAC friends. Together, we are charting the path for how a blue collar, union worker can run for U.S. Senate – and win. But I need grassroots donors like you to chip in to my campaign right now if we’re going to defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat: Please, will you make a donation to my campaign right now – no amount is too small – to help me defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat in November? I’m not rich. I’m not trying to become rich. I’m running for Senate because working people like me deserve a seat at the table in Washington and someone who will fight for us day in and day out.
The system is rigged. We all know it. The only people who can afford to run for Senate full-time are millionaires like my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer. That’s why they’re the only people who ever win. It’s why the Senate is just another country club full of Ivy League graduates, former business execs, and trust fund babies. Working people like me, we can’t afford to give up our jobs to run for office. During this campaign, I’ve been working 40, 60, sometimes 90 hours a week as a steamfitter just to pay our bills and put food on the table. How’s anybody with a real job supposed to campaign and win when your opponent is wealthy enough to not work at all? That’s why I just announced that I am taking a leave from my job as a steamfitter to campaign full-time for the U.S. Senate and keep up our momentum. And yes, that means I’m going to need to take a salary from our campaign. Not a big one. Just enough to replace the $48,000 I got paid last year and the cost of health care for me and my family. Politics shouldn’t only be for the rich, and this is the only way we can change that. Two news polls show me neck-and-neck with my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer – and in one, I am LEADING her by 2 points. With support from grassroots donors like you, we even out-raised her 2-to-1 during the last FEC reporting period. But she still has $2.3 million more than us because of her corporate PAC friends. Together, we are charting the path for how a blue collar, union worker can run for U.S. Senate – and win. But I need grassroots donors like you to chip in to my campaign right now if we’re going to defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat: Please, will you make a donation to my campaign right now – no amount you can afford is too small – to help me defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat in November? I’m not rich. I’m not trying to become rich. I’m running for Senate because working people like me deserve a seat at the table in Washington and someone who will fight for us day in and day out. Your support – of any amount – means more to me than you will ever know. Thank you, Dan Osborn
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 The only people who can afford to run for Senate full-time are millionaires like my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer. That’s why they’re the only people who ever win. It’s why the Senate is just another country club full of Ivy League graduates, former business execs, and trust fund babies. Working people like me, we can’t afford to give up our jobs to run for office. During this campaign, I’ve been working 40, 60, sometimes 90 hours a week as a steamfitter just to pay our bills and put food on the table. How’s anybody with a real job supposed to campaign and win when your opponent is wealthy enough to not work at all? That’s why I just announced that I am taking a leave from my job as a steamfitter to campaign full-time for the U.S. Senate and keep up our momentum. And yes, that means I’m going to need to take a salary from our campaign. Not a big one. Just enough to replace the $48,000 I got paid last year and the cost of health care for me and my family. Politics shouldn’t only be for the rich, and this is the only way we can change that. Two news polls show me neck-and-neck with my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer – and in one, I am LEADING her by 2 points. But she still has $2.3 million more than us because of her corporate PAC friends. Together, we are charting the path for how a blue collar, union worker can run for U.S. Senate – and win. But I need grassroots donors like you to chip in to my campaign right now if we’re going to defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat: Please, will you make a donation to my campaign right now – no amount is too small – to help me defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat in November? I’m not rich. I’m not trying to become rich. I’m running for Senate because working people like me deserve a seat at the table in Washington and someone who will fight for us day in and day out.
Politics shouldn’t only be for the rich. But right now, the only people who can afford to run for Senate full-time are millionaires like my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer. Working people like me can’t afford to give up our jobs. During this campaign, I’ve been working 40, 60, sometimes 90 hours a week just to pay our bills and put food on the table. How’s anybody with a real job supposed to campaign and win when your opponent is wealthy enough to not work at all? That’s why I just announced that I am taking a leave from my job as a steamfitter to campaign full-time for the U.S. Senate and keep up our momentum. And yes, that means I’m going to need to take a salary from our campaign. Not a big one. Just enough to replace the $48,000 I got paid last year and the cost of health care for me and my family. Two news polls show me neck-and-neck with my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer – and in one, I am LEADING her by 2 points. But she still has $2.3 million more than us because of her corporate PAC friends. Together, we are charting the path for how a blue collar, union worker can run for U.S. Senate – and win. But I need grassroots donors like you to chip in to my campaign right now if we’re going to defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat: Please, will you make a donation to my campaign right now – no amount is too small – to help me defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat in November?
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Politics shouldn’t only be for the rich. But right now, the only people who can afford to run for Senate full-time are millionaires like my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer. That’s why they’re the only people who ever win. It’s why the Senate is just another country club full of Ivy League graduates, former business execs, and trust fund babies. Working people like me can’t afford to give up our jobs to run for office. During this campaign, I’ve been working 40, 60, sometimes 90 hours a week just to pay our bills and put food on the table. How’s anybody with a real job supposed to campaign and win when your opponent is wealthy enough to not work at all? That’s why I just announced that I am taking a leave from my job as a steamfitter to campaign full-time for the U.S. Senate and keep up our momentum. And yes, that means I’m going to need to take a salary from our campaign. Not a big one. Just enough to replace the $48,000 I got paid last year and the cost of health care for me and my family. Two news polls show me neck-and-neck with my opponent, Republican Deb Fischer – and in one, I am LEADING her by 2 points. But she still has $2.3 million more than us because of her corporate PAC friends. Together, we are charting the path for how a blue collar, union worker can run for U.S. Senate – and win. But I need grassroots donors like you to chip in to my campaign right now if we’re going to defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat: Please, will you make a donation to my campaign right now – no amount is too small – to help me defeat Republican Deb Fischer and flip this Senate seat in November?

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Performance proxies

Overall score49.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.55.2 · 81.7 · 7.4 · 55.3
Spend rangeUSD 8,000–8,999
Impressions150,000 – 174,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 52.3
Est. audience size
Days live28 (2024-05-13 → 2024-06-10)
Created2024-05-13
Creative variants5 body · 5 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateNE — Dan Osborn
Surfaced by“senate:Dan Osborn”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueeconomy taxes
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typefundraising
Emotional appealanger
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate, workers labor
Symbolsfactory industry, money cash
Call to actiondonate
Standout elementclose-up selfie-style video shot in an industrial workplace, projecting authenticity and everyman credibility
TacticThe ad uses a raw, unpolished selfie format inside a factory to visually reinforce the class-contrast narrative — positioning Osborn as an authentic working-class outsider against a wealthy incumbent, with the fundraising ask tied directly to economic fairness populism.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California11.0%
Florida7.4%
New York5.6%
Texas5.1%
Washington4.4%
Pennsylvania3.8%
Michigan3.7%

Who saw it (delivery)

45-54 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · male 10.2%
25-34 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · unknown 1.0%
35-44 · male 0.8%
45-54 · male 2.0%
25-34 · male 0.6%
18-24 · male 0.2%
55-64 · female 8.6%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · male 34.9%
65+ · female 38.7%
45-54 · female 1.4%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
35-44 · female 0.5%
25-34 · female 0.5%
18-24 · female 0.2%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%

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