Washington House District 3 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them
John Braun (REP), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (DEM, incumbent).
3 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 63 ads analyzed, 12 with at least one technique in the copy.
Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing. Updated 2026-09-30.
Findings
As of 2026-09-30. Counts are of distinct ads; the same text run many times is one ad.
Ads analyzed
63 · started running between 2026-07-08 and 2026-09-28
With at least one technique
12 of 63 (19%)
Most common techniques
Glittering Generalities · 6 ads Loaded Language · 5 ads Name Calling · 5 ads
Reported Meta spend
$196,400–262,327 on all ads, $11,100–16,272 on flagged ads · Meta reports ranges; these are the sums of their ends
Example
“leadership” — Glittering Generalities, paid for by JOHN BRAUN FOR CONGRESS
· the flagged ad with the highest reported spend that shows the most common technique
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19% of the 63 ads here use at least one of the techniques ticked below (12 ads).
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Leaving out the softer ones (loaded language, glittering generalities, slogans, exaggeration, repetition): 13% of ads.
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Money in this race
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Raised
$2.2M through 2026-08-18
individuals $1.5M · PACs $280K · candidate's own money, incl. loans $11K · from the candidate's other committees $392K · cash on hand $1.3M
Outside spending
$443K opposing Braun · $532K supporting Braun · latest reported 2026-09-29
Largest outside spenders
HMP
— $333K opposing Braun
NO GOING BACK PAC INC.
— $296K supporting Braun
AMERICA PAC
— $195K supporting Braun
Largest donors:
Elon Musk $20.1M (>99%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEO
TOGETHER FOR WORKING PEOPLE
— $110K opposing Braun
· 1 ad on this page
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
— $40K supporting Braun
82 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
A NEW NATION PAC $1,000 ABRAHAM LINCOLN PAC $2,500 ACPAC ACA INTERNATIONAL PAC $5,000 ALASKANS FOR NICK BEGICH $1,000 AMERICA'S FIRST PAC $5,000 AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $5,000 AMERICAN SECURITY PAC $5,000 ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. PAC (ABC PAC) $5,000 AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INC $2,000 AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAC $5,000 B BRIGADE MAJORITY FUND $7,000 BAUM PAC $7,000 BE VICTORIOUS OVER DEMOCRATS PAC $5,000 BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PAC $2,000 BOLD ACTION PAC $7,000 BOOTS ON THE GROUND - FEDERAL $2,000 BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PAC $2,000 BUCKEYE LIBERTY PAC $5,000 BURCHETT FOR CONGRESS $2,000 CALL TO SERVICE PAC $3,500 CAROL FOR CONGRESS $4,000 CATERPILLAR INC. PAC (CATPAC) $2,500 CELESTE FOR CONGRESS $4,000 CHRIS GOBER FOR TEXAS $1,000 CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $2,500 CLAY FULLER FOR CONGRESS, INC. $2,000 CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS $2,000 CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC $5,000 DAN NEWHOUSE FOR CONGRESS $4,000 ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PAC $1,500 EUREKA PAC $5,000 FIGHT ON PAC $3,500 FIGHTING FIRST PAC $3,500 FIRST IN FREEDOM PAC $5,000 FOR OUR NATION'S GREATNESS, RESILIENCE, EXCELLENCE, STRENGTH, AND SECURITY (FONGRESS) PAC $1,000 FRIENDS OF JIM KINGSTON $2,000 FRIENDS OF TIM MOORE $2,000 FRIENDS TO ELECT LIZ CLINE $175 FROGMAN PAC $1,000 GOPAC ELECTION FUND $5,000 GROWING OUR OWN DYNAMIC ECONOMY NOW $3,500 GUARDING OUR LASTING DEMOCRACY (GOLD) PAC $2,000 HAMPTON LUMBER MILLS, INC. PAC (HAMPTON LUMBER PAC) $1,000 HAYSTACK PAC $3,500 HEAL AMERICA $1,000 HELPING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS ORGANIZE PAC (HELO PAC) $3,500 IMPACT COMMITTEE $5,000 IN THE ARENA PAC $5,000 INDIANAENGRPAC $1,000 JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESS $2,000 KOCH, INC. PAC (KOCHPAC) $5,000 LASTING INVESTMENTS STRENGTHENING AMERICA PAC $5,000 LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PAC $3,000 MAINTAINING AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS PAC $3,500 MARK HARRIS FOR CONGRESS $2,000 MIKE HARIDOPOLOS FOR CONGRESS $2,000 MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANA $2,000 MVL PAC $3,500 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000 NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. PAC (NSSF PAC) $1,000 NEW ENERGY IN WASHINGTON HOUSE PAC (N.E.W. HOUSE PAC) $2,070 NO NONSENSE PAC $3,500 OREGON FRONTIER PAC $2,000 OVER THE TARGET PAC $3,500 RAPTOR PAC $2,500 RED ROOTS FUND $7,000 RIGHT TRACK USA PAC $2,600 RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000 RVFPAC $4,000 SCALISE FOR CONGRESS $4,000 SCONNIE PAC $1,000 SCOTT FITZGERALD FOR CONGRESS $5,000 SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC $10K SECURING THE REPUBLIC FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION $1,000 SIX PAC $1,000 SMUCKER FOR CONGRESS $4,000 THE EYE OF THE TIGER PAC $10K THE GUARDIAN FUND $5,000 THE MAJORITY $1,000 TIMBERLINE PAC $7,000 TRUTH AND EXCELLENCE PAC $1,000 VITORIA PAC $3,500
All filings at the FEC ↗
Raised
$6.3M through 2026-07-15
individuals $2.5M · PACs $862K · party $2,905 · from the candidate's other committees $2.8M · cash on hand $2.1M
Outside spending
$1.4M opposing Perez · $46K supporting Perez · latest reported 2026-09-29
Largest outside spenders
NO GOING BACK PAC INC.
— $1.4M opposing Perez
WELCOMEPAC
— $46K supporting Perez
AMERICA PAC
— $17K opposing Perez
Largest donors:
Elon Musk $20.1M (>99%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEO
247 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
A PLEASANT PENINSULA PAC $1,000 ACROSS THE AISLE PAC $3,500 AG PAC $7,000 AHORA PAC $500 AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500 ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $2,500 ALLIED PILOTS ASSOC PAC $7,500 AMALGAMATED SUGAR CO PAC $1,000 AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $5,000 AMER POST WORK UN AFL-CIO PHIL PA AREA LOC COMM/POL ACT (PHIL PA AREA LOC APWU COMM/PO ACT $2,500 AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOC INC $2,000 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOC PAC (SKINPAC) $8,000 AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PAC (AKA AMBU-PAC) $9,000 AMERICAN ASSOC FOR JUSTICE PAC (AAJ PAC) $7,500 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC $2,500 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $5,000 AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $7,500 AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $2,000 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PAC (HEARTPAC) $1,000 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $1,000 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $10K AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500 AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PAC (ADAM PAC) $7,000 AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME PEOPLE) $10K AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000 AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC $6,000 AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOC PAC $3,500 AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOC PAC (HOTELPAC) $4,000 AMERICAN INNOVATION PAC (AMI PAC) $3,000 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PAC (AICPA PAC) $5,000 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS CMTE PAC (AIPAC PAC) $10K AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY PAF $1,000 AMERICAN MOSAIC PAC $1,000 AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,500 AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE PAC (API PAC) $2,500 AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000 AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRIC RESOURCES PAC $5,000 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS PLASTYPAC $5,000 AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOC PAC $1,000 AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $3,000 AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOC PAC $1,000 AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000 AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS PAC $1,000 AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL PAC (AWC WOODPAC) $3,500 AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $10K ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC $2,000 ARCHIPAC - THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS $1,000 ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA PAC $5,000 ATHENA PAC $1,000 AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K BACKPAC $2,500 BEAT THE ODDS PAC $10K BECCA BALINT FOR VERMONT $100 BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESS $1,000 BLUE DOG PAC $10K BLUE LINE PAC $1,000 BLUE MAJORITY PAC $1,000 BLUE MOMENTUM PAC $1,000 BLUE NEVADA PAC $5,000 BLUEWAVEAMERICA $1,000 BRIDGE THE GAP PAC $1,000 BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACY $2,000 BUILD AMERICA PAC $1,000 BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC (BEEPAC) $4,000 CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC) $10K CALL TO SERVE $2,500 CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE (CLIC) $5,000 CHRISSY HOULAHAN FOR CONGRESS $2,000 CITIZENS ORGANIZED PAC $5,000 CLEAN PAC $1,000 COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE $1,000 COMMITTEE FOR A LIVABLE FUTURE $500 COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN $4,000 COMMON GOOD PAC $10K DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS $2,000 DEFEND THE VOTE $2,500 DELBENE FOR CONGRESS $4,000 DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PAC $3,500 DEMOCRACY SUMMER 2026 $5,000 DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION PAC (DRIVE PAC) $5,000 DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND $8,000 DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, INC $2,000 DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC) $3,000 DEMOCRATS TIME IN NEVADA $5,000 DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $1,000 DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC) $2,000 DISTRICT NO. 1-PCD, MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOC. - POLITICAL ACTION FUND (MEBA-PAF) $1,000 DMFI PAC $3,500 DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PAC $3,500 DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESS $1,000 EDWARD JONES PAC $2,500 ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $5,000 ELECTING WOMEN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION PAC $248 EMILY'S LIST $5,000 END CITIZENS UNITED $3,000 EPEC INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $10K EQUALITY PAC $2,500 FAIR SHOT PAC $10K FARM TO TABLE PAC $1,000 FEDERATION OF EXCHANGE ACCOMODATORS 1031 PAC $2,000 FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PAC $1,000 FIGHTING FOR SOUTH TEXAS PAC $5,000 FINSECA PAC $1,000 FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000 FREEDOM DEMOCRATS $1,000 FRIENDS OF DON BEYER $4,000 FRONTLINE FIGHTERS PAC $3,000 GETTING RESULTS BY ENGAGING THE GRASSROOTS PAC $1,000 GOOD FRIENDS PAC $3,000 GRACE FOR NEW YORK $1,000 HARDWOOD FEDERATION PAC INC $6,500 HIMES FOR CONGRESS $1,000 HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $1,000 HOPE PAC $1,000 HOULAPAC $4,000 HOUSE CALL PAC $2,000 HOUSE MAJORITY PAC $5,000 HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $2,500 INNOVATION FOR GOOD PAC $10K INT'L ASSOC OF SHEET METAL AIR RAIL & TRANSPORTATION (SMART) WORKERS PAL $7,500 INT'L BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND $3,500 INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS $10K INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $5,000 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC (IBEW PAC) $5,000 INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE & WAREHOUSE UNION PAF $1,500 JAKE AUCHINCLOSS FOR CONGRESS $1,000 JAMES GORE FOR STATE SENATE $62 JDCA PAC $3,600 JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS $4,000 JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PAC $10K JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS $2,500 JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESS $1,000 K&L GATES LLP PAC $1,000 KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS $4,000 LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000 LEADERS IN LIFE ACTING COOPERATIVELY (LILAC) PAC $1,000 LIFTOFF PAC $2,000 LOBO PAC $1,000 LORI TRAHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $1,000 LSTA INC PAC $1,000 LUZ RIVAS FOR CONGRESS $1,000 M-PAC $5,000 MAC PAC $3,000 MACHINIST'S NPL OF THE INT'L ASSOC OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $5,000 MAKING A DIFFERENCE PAC $4,000 MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $1,000 MARK KELLY FOR SENATE $2,000 MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FUND $2,500 MAXWELL ALEJANDRO FROST FOR CONGRESS $2,000 MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS PAC $2,500 MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000 MOMS FED UP $10K MORGAN MCGARVEY FOR CONGRESS $2,000 MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOC PAC (MORPAC) $1,000 NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESS $2,000 NAT COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA CMTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000 NAT MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOC & MARINE RETAILERS ASSOC PAC (BOATPAC) $3,000 NAT RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OP ASSOC ACTION CMTE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC) $4,500 NAT WOODEN PALLET & CONTAINER ASSOC PAC (NWPCA-PAC) $2,000 NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOC PAC (NARFE-PAC) $2,000 NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOC PAC $5,000 NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS PAC (NAFO PAC) $2,500 NATIONAL ASSOC OF REALTORS PAC $4,000 NATIONAL ASSOC OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS PAC $1,000 NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000 NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOC PAC $3,500 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES CO-OP/PAC $1,000 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500 NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $1,000 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000 NATIONAL LIMOUSINE ASSOC PAC (NLA PAC) $1,000 NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000 NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000 NATIONAL STONE SAND & GRAVEL ASSOC PAC (ROCKPAC) $3,000 NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000 NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000 NO LABELS PAC $10K NORMAL PAC $5,000 NORPAC $1,800 NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND $1,000 OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 OWNER-OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSN INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA OOIDA-PAC) $1,000 PAC A PUNCH $6,000 PAC FOR GOOD $1,000 PAC IN THE SADDLE $2,000 PAC OF APPLES $2,000 PAC OF THE AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS (PAC OF AAOS) $1,000 PAC TO THE FUTURE $10K PATRIOT PAC $3,500 PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS TRANSFORM ELECTIONS (PIRATE) PAC $10K PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $4,000 PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC $1,000 PUGET PAC $6,500 PURPOSE PAC $2,500 PUTTING NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST $3,500 RAIN AND HAIL INSURANCE SOCIETY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000 READY TO FIGHT PAC $1,000 REBUILD AMERICA PAC $1,000 REGION LEADERSHIP PAC $5,000 ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESS $1,000 SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS $1,000 SCIENCE TRUTH AND EXPERTISE MATTER PAC $2,000 SD PAC $10K SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION CMTE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $7,500 SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PAC $4,500 SHARICE FOR CONGRESS $1,000 SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS $1,000 SHORE PAC $1,000 SOUTHEASTERN LUMBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOC PAC $5,000 SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $2,000 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOTS ASSOC PAC (SWAPA PAC) $2,500 SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOC & PERFORMANCE RACING INC PAC (SEMA & PRI PAC) $3,500 SPIKE PAC $2,000 SQUARE DEAL PAC $7,000 STRICKLAND FOR WASHINGTON $4,000 SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500 SUNFLOWER SEEDS PAC $1,000 SUNSHINE ORGANIZATION FOR TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES PAC (SOTO PAC) $7,000 SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP PAC $500 SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PAC $5,000 TAXPAC $5,000 TERESA FOR ALL $1,000 THE BLUE RESISTANCE $1,000 THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC $5,000 THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL PAC $7,500 THE NEXT 50 PAC $5,000 THREE RIVERS PAC $1,000 TIMBER PAC $5,000 TOMORROW PAC $1,000 TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMEN PAC $10K TRIED-AND-TRUE PAC $1,000 TRUEDEM LEADERSHIP FUND $5,000 UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND $1,500 UPLIFT PAC $2,000 US ENERGY PAC (THE PAC OF AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL, INC.) $2,500 UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA COPE $4,000 VICTORY IN NOVEMBER ELECTION PAC $6,000 VIGOR PAC $2,000 VPP (VOTER PROTECTION PROJECT) $2,500 WELCOMEPAC $10K WESTERN ENERGY ALLIANCE PAC $1,000 WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000 WIN BLUE USA $3,500 WIN THE HOUSE NOW PAC $2,000 YINZER PAC $1,000
All filings at the FEC ↗
The ads
63 ads, newest first.
Showing the 1 ad paid for by TOGETHER FOR WORKING PEOPLE . Show all 63 ads
Paid for by Together for Working People from 2026-07-08 to 2026-08-06 6 variants spend $6,900–8,694 895,000–1,059,994 impressions
We can't trust John Braun. He tried to end paid leave.
Name Calling : The sentence labels John Braun as untrustworthy without substantive argument, functioning as a discrediting label — for example: 'We can't trust John Braun.'
Loaded Language : The phrase 'tried to end paid leave' is framed to trigger an emotional negative reaction against Braun by implying he sought to strip workers of a valued benefit — for example: 'tried to end paid leave.'
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Name Calling
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Loaded Language
Fair call Just persuasion I don't see it
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