JUST FOR THE RECORD: I will vote for NO for every republican in Ohio. You can blame Jon Husted, with the massive waste of money on continuous negative campaigning through stupid adds in my mailbox, daily, against Sherrod Brown. Vicious, malicious, negative stupid adds, republican backed groups and promoters have paid for this nonsense.  Total Trumpian negative information.  “A narcissistic bully”. Nothing credible and check out “taxpayer-funded self-promotion of politicians in Ohio” and other self-enriching activities. Like the pot calling the kettle dirty.

Good grief. Are there no responsible, honest, well meaning polititians out there.

After receiving an addition onslaught of mailers i asked Gemini how much money the republican party has spent on their “illusory truth” campaign and childish depiction of one candidate as smiling with a white background and the opposing candidate scribbled up, frowning, delibertly made evil looking on a back background i was really totally discusted.  When republicans play dirty, no one with any sense wants them in office. Disgusting, infantile, lying, and “a^^-kissing to Trump.

“It is impossible to provide an exact dollar amount for the 13 specific advertisements you received, as political campaign tracking metrics do not calculate costs on a per-individual household level. However, looking at the overall campaign data, Republican groups are spending an average of roughly $1.00 to $3.00 per household for a flight of physical mailers, or pennies per impression for digital and streaming ads.
The reason a precise personal total cannot be calculated depends on how you received them:
• Physical Mail/Flyers: Direct mail campaigns are purchased in bulk. Printing, processing, and postage costs typically scale down with volume. Sending a batch of flyers generally costs campaigns between $0.30 and $1.50 per piece depending on the size and targeting, meaning 13 physical mailers would represent an estimated $4.00 to $20.00 portion of their budget.
• Digital, Streaming, or TV Ads: If you saw these advertisements on social media, streaming platforms, or broadcast television, they are billed based on impressions (cost per thousand views, or CPM) or broad regional ad buys. Your individual 13 views would equate to only a few cents of their total expenditure.
To put your advertisements into perspective, your household is one target in what trackers like AdImpact report as one of the most expensive legislative races in U.S. history. For the 2026 Ohio U.S. Senate special election between Republican incumbent Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown, total advertising spending has approached $300 million.
A significant portion of the advertisements supporting Husted and targeting Brown are funded by national Republican organizations rather than the candidate’s direct campaign committee. For instance, the Senate Leadership Fund—a super PAC aligned with Republican leadership—has poured $93 million into Ohio advertising alone this fall. Additional millions are being spent by other independent conservative groups, such as One Nation and the No Going Back PAC, to fund the heavy rotation of ads you are seeing”