Political ads · 2026 midterms

Political ads, analyzed

Political ads from the 2026 U.S. Senate races — Facebook and Instagram ads from Meta's Ad Library, and video ads from the campaigns' and major groups' own YouTube channels — run through the same analysis as everything else on this site. Each ad lists the manipulation techniques our model found in its words; press "Check this ad's claims" on any ad to see what cited sources say about what it asserts. 1352 ads analyzed so far.

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House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

Alabama

Alabama Senate

0 ads analyzed

Thomas H Tuberville (REP), Barry Moore (REP), Dakarai Larriett (DEM), Everett W. Wess (DEM), Jared Hudson (REP), Kyle Sweetser (DEM), Mark Wheeler (DEM), Matthew Seth Burton (REP), Rodney Walker (REP), Steve Marshall (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Alaska

Alaska Senate

118 ads analyzed 77 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Dan Sullivan (REP), Daniel J. Sullivan (REP), Mary Peltola (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

Arizona

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Arkansas

Arkansas Senate

0 ads analyzed

Thomas Cotton (REP), Ethan N Dunbar Sr. (DEM), Hallie Shoffner (DEM), Jeb Little (REP), Jeffrey Francis Wadlin (LIB), Micah Ashby (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4

California

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52

Colorado

Colorado Senate

0 ads analyzed

John W. Hickenlooper (DEM), Bob Chew (OTH), Bob Chew (FWD), Brashad Hasley (DEM), George Washington V Markert (REP), Janak Joshi (REP), Julie Gonzales (DEM), Karen Breslin (DEM), Mark Baisley (REP), Sean M. Pond (CON)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Connecticut

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5

Delaware

Delaware Senate

0 ads analyzed

Christopher A. Coons (DEM), Christopher Mr. Beardsley (DEM), Dr. Mike Katz (REP), Jeffery Ryan Appelhans (DEM), John Shulli (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

District of Columbia

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

Florida

Florida Senate

59 ads analyzed 6 office videos27 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Ashley Moody (REP), Alan Mark Grayson (DEM), Alexander Vindman (DEM), Angela Nixon (DEM), Christopher Gleason (REP), Ernest Ernie John Rev. Dr. Rivera (REP), Hector Daniel Mujica (DEM), Jake Lang (REP), Joey Mendoza Atkins (DEM), Josh Weil (DEM), Joshua Weil (DEM), Neil J Gillespie (NPA), Tamika Lyles (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

GU

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

Georgia

Georgia Senate

64 ads analyzed 32 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Jon Ossoff (DEM), Buddy Carter (REP), John King (REP), Jonathan Mccolumn (REP), Mike Collins (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Hawaii

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2

Idaho

Idaho Senate

0 ads analyzed

Jim Risch (UNK), David Jordan Roth (DEM), Denny Lave (REP), Joe Evans (REP), Joshua S Roy (REP), Todd Baker Achilles (IND)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2

Illinois

Illinois Senate

0 ads analyzed

Richard J. Durbin (DEM), Adam Delgado (DEM), Awisi Bustos (DEM), Bryan Maxwell (DEM), Casey Chlebek (REP), Christopher Alexander Swann (DEM), Don Tracy (REP), Douglas Bennett (REP), Jeannie Evans (REP), John Goodman (REP), Jonathan Dean (DEM), Juliana Stratton (DEM), Kevin Ryan (DEM), Pamela Long (REP), R Cary Capparelli (REP), Robin Kelly (DEM), S Krishnamoorthi (DEM), Sean Amedee Brown (DEM), Steve Botsford (DEM), Steve Schwartzberg (None), Whitfield Harrington Jr (IND)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Indiana

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Iowa

Iowa Senate

102 ads analyzed 45 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Joni K Ernst (REP), Ashley Hinson Arenholz (REP), Jackie Norris (DEM), James Scholten (DEM), Jim Carlin (REP), Joshua Turek (DEM), Nathan Sage (DEM), Thomas Raymond Dr. Laehn (LIB)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4

Kansas

Kansas Senate

64 ads analyzed 33 with techniquesmost common: Glittering Generalities

Roger W Marshall (REP), Adam Hamilton (DEM), Christy Davis (DEM), Erik Murray (DEM), Jason Hart (DEM), Kevin Latz (DEM), Lois Anne Elizabeth Lea Parelkar (DEM), Noah Taylor (DEM), Patrick Schmidt (DEM), Sandy Spidel neumann (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4

Kentucky

Kentucky Senate

0 ads analyzed

Mitch Mcconnell (REP), Amy Mcgrath (DEM), Andy Barr (REP), Charles Booker (DEM), Dale Romans (DEM), Daniel Cameron (REP), Joel Willett (DEM), Logan Forsythe (DEM), Mike Faris (REP), Mike Faris (REP), Nate Morris (REP), Pamela Stevenson (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Louisiana

Louisiana Senate

0 ads analyzed

Bill Cassidy (REP), Chris Holder (REP), Eric Skrmetta (REP), Gary Crockett (DEM), Jamie Davis (DEM), John C. Fleming Jr. (REP), Julia Letlow (REP), Julie Cathryn Emerson (REP), Kathy W Seiden (REP), Mark Spencer (REP), Nicholas S. Albares (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Maine

Maine Senate

233 ads analyzed 74 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Susan M. Collins (REP), Andrea Laflamme (DEM), Carmem Vincent Mr. Calabrese (REP), Carmen Vincent Mr. Calabrese (REP), Daira Rodriguez (DEM), Dan Kleban (DEM), David Alan Evans (IND), David Costello (DEM), Graham Platner (DEM), Janet Trafton Mills (DEM), Jordan Wood (DEM), Paige Loud (DEM), Phillip Rench (IND), Shenna Bellows (DEM), Tucker Favreau (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2

Maryland

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Senate

0 ads analyzed

Edward Sen. Markey (DEM), Alexander Rikleen (DEM), Joe Tache (OTH), John Deaton (REP), Morgan Gifford Dawicki (IND), Nathan Alexander Bech (REP), Seth Moulton (DEM), Shiva Ayyadurai (IND)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Michigan

Michigan Senate

108 ads analyzed 54 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Gary Peters (DEM), Abdul El-sayed (DEM), Bernadette Smith (REP), Frederick Heurtebise (REP), Genevieve Scott (REP), Haley Stevens (DEM), Joseph Allen Tate (DEM), Mallory Mcmorrow (DEM), Michael J Rogers (REP), Rachel Elizabeth Howard (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Minnesota

Minnesota Senate

121 ads analyzed 79 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Tina Smith (DEM), Adam Schwarze (REP), Angie Craig (DEM), David Hann (REP), Margaret Flanagan (DFL), Mark York (REP), Melisa Lopez franzen (DEM), Michele Tafoya (REP), Royce White (REP), Tom Weiler (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Mississippi

Mississippi Senate

0 ads analyzed

Cindy Hyde-smith (REP), Priscilla Williams Till (DEM), Priscilla Williams Till (DEM), Sarah Adlakha (REP), Scott Colom (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4

Missouri

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Montana

Montana Senate

126 ads analyzed 63 with techniquesmost common: Glittering Generalities

Steve Daines (REP), Alani Ines Bankhead (DEM), Kurt Alme (REP), Lee Calhoun (REP), Michael Hummert (DEM), Michael James Mr. Blackwolf (DEM), Reilly Neill (DEM), Seth Bodnar (IND)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2

Nebraska

Nebraska Senate

12 ads analyzed 4 office videos8 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Pete Ricketts (REP), Ben Sasse (REP), Cindy Burbank (DE), Dan Osborn (IND)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3

Nevada

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Senate

83 ads analyzed 47 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Jeanne Shaheen (DEM), Chris Pappas (DEM), Dan Innis (REP), Jared Sullivan (DEM), John E Sununu (REP), Karishma Manzur (DEM), Scott P. Brown (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2

New Jersey

New Jersey Senate

0 ads analyzed

Cory Booker (DEM), Alex Zdan (REP), Justin Michael Ll.M. Murphy (REP), Michael Estrada (IND), Richard Jerome Tabor Sr (REP), Robert Lebovics (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

New Mexico

New Mexico Senate

0 ads analyzed

Ben Ray Lujan (DEM), Larry E Marker (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3

New York

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

North Carolina

North Carolina Senate

59 ads analyzed 30 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Thom R Sen Tillis (REP), Don Brown (REP), Marcus W Williams (DEM), Michael Whatley (REP), Michele Morrow (REP), Roy Cooper (DEM), Thomas Lee Johnson (REP), Wiley Nickel (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

North Dakota

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

Ohio

Ohio Senate

117 ads analyzed 5 office videos47 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

Jon Husted (REP), Faris Write In (IND), Frederick J Ode (DEM), Greg Levy (IND), Ron Kincaid (DEM), Sherrod Brown (DEM), William Redpath (LIB)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Senate

0 ads analyzed

Markwayne Mullin (REP), Brian Ragain (REP), Ervin Stone Yen (DEM), Gary Ty England (REP), James M. Sen. Inhofe (REP), Jim Priest (DEM), Kevin Hern (REP), N'kiyla Jasmine - Ann Thomas (DEM), Ron Meinhardt (IND), Tammy Swearengin (REP), Troy Wesley Green (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5

Oregon

Oregon Senate

0 ads analyzed

Jeffrey Alan Merkley (DEM), David Brock Smith (REP), Jo Rae Perkins (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Pennsylvania

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Senate

0 ads analyzed

John F. Reed (DEM), Connor Burbridge (DEM), Michael Bahry (IND), Raymond Tyler Mckay (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2

South Carolina

South Carolina Senate

0 ads analyzed

Lindsey Graham (REP), Andre Bauer (REP), Brandon Brown (DEM), Calvin Cowen (REP), Darline Graham (REP), Dr. Annie Andrews (DEM), Duke Buckner (REP), Glenda Gail Parker (REP), Kasie Whitener (LIB), Kyle Freeman (DEM), Lee Johnson (DEM), Mark Lynch (REP), Marshall C Hon. Sanford (REP), Patrick Herrmann (REP), Paul Dans (REP), Ralph Norman (REP), Russell Fry (REP), Thomas Dismukes (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

South Dakota

South Dakota Senate

0 ads analyzed

Mike Rounds (REP), Brian Bengs (IND), Julian C Beaudion (DEM), Justin Mcneal (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

Tennessee

Tennessee Senate

0 ads analyzed

Bill Hagerty (REP), David Sutman Jr (IND), Maria Brewer (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Texas

Texas Senate

86 ads analyzed 40 with techniquesmost common: Loaded Language

John Sen Cornyn (REP), Colin Allred (DEM), Daniel M Sims (LIB), Gulrez Gus Khan (REP), Jade Simmons (IND), James Talarico (DEM), Jasmine Crockett (DEM), Ken Paxton (REP), Michael Swanson (DEM), Sara Larue Canady (REP), Theodore E. Brown Jr. (LIB), Virgil Bierschwale (REP), Wesley Hunt (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Utah

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4

VI

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

Vermont

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

Virginia

Virginia Senate

0 ads analyzed

Mark Robert Warner (DEM), Alex De Paula (REP), Bert K Mizusawa (REP), Bryce Reeves (REP), Chuck Smith (REP), David Earl Mr. Williams (REP), Gregory Eichelberger (DEM), Kim Farington (REP), Lorita Daniels (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Washington

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

West Virginia

West Virginia Senate

0 ads analyzed

Shelley Moore Capito (REP), Janet Mcnulty (REP), Jonathan Derrick Evans (REP), Rachel Lee Fetty anderson (DEM), Rio Phillips (IND), Thomas Edward Willis II (REP), Zachary C Shrewsbury (DEM)

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2

Wisconsin

House districts with no ads yet: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Wyoming

Wyoming Senate

0 ads analyzed

Cynthia Marie Mrs. Lummis (REP), Harriet Hageman (REP), James Willard Mr. Byrd (DEM), Jimmy Skovgard (REP), Reid Rasner (REP), Samuel Mead (REP)

House districts with no ads yet: At-Large

How this index is built

Video ads come from the campaigns' and major groups' own YouTube channels, transcribed and analyzed on the spoken words. Meta ads come from Meta's Ad Library, which every political advertiser on Facebook and Instagram is required to file with, searched for each candidate and campaign committee on the 2026 federal ballot as listed by the FEC.
An ad is listed under a race when its own "Paid for by" line names a campaign in that race, or when it names the candidate and was shown mostly in that state.
The paid-for-by line is shown exactly as the advertiser filed it. Spend and impressions are the ranges Meta reports.
Video ads are analyzed on their transcript; Meta ads on their text. Images are not analyzed.
Claims are checked when a reader asks — press "Check this ad's claims" on an ad. The check runs once, and its result is shown to everyone afterwards. Each race's ten highest-spend ads are checked ahead of time. It is the same claim checker news articles go through. Everything said in an ad is treated as the sponsor's own claim. Supported and unverifiable claims are shown with their sources. A verdict that says an ad is wrong or misleading is shown only when it cites an established fact-checker or an institutional record — Congress, a federal agency, a court — and its confidence is not low; a weaker one is not shown at all. Each verdict shows what it rests on, its confidence, and Agree / Disagree buttons; a verdict readers dispute and no one defends comes down. Ads in languages other than English are not analyzed.
Videos from an officeholder's official channel are not ads: they are publicly funded and may not contain campaign content. They are shown in their own section on a race page, analyzed for techniques, left out of every ad count, and not claim-checked.
The same text run by the same sponsor as many separate ads is shown once, with the number of variants; its dates, spend and impressions are for all of them together.
House districts are listed, but few House campaigns have ads in the index yet.
The ZIP lookup uses the Census Bureau's ZIP-to-district file. ZIP codes cross district lines, so more than one House district can appear.