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One-on-one with Raphael Warnock’s Digital Director

Chris Sununu launches 2024 early state Facebook ad

ICYMI: December 20th

DeSantis running new digital ads nationwide

Joe Biden’s year on Facebook

ICYMI: December 13th

Five stories that defined digital politics in 2022

ICYMI: December 6th

Who were the RINO Hunters?

ICYMI: November 29th

ICYMI: November 22nd

Republicans lose their greatest online fundraising tool: Trump

Donald Trump’s failure to launch

ICYMI: November 15th

Republicans' old-school campaign

Has Facebook dialed down the conservative outrage machine?

These midterm candidates won Facebook in 2022

Democrats’ GOTV Hype Machine

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 10/23 - 10/29

House Campaign Digital Spending, 10/23 - 10/29

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 10/23 - 10/29

ICYMI: November 1st

Trending on Facebook: 10/23 - 10/29

What happened to Democrats’ Digital Deficit?

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 10/16 - 10/22

House Campaign Digital Spending, 10/16 - 10/22

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 10/16 - 10/22

ICYMI: October 25th

Trending on Facebook: 10/16 - 10/22

Inside Democrats’ Zoomer strategy

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 10/9 - 10/15

House Campaign Digital Spending, 10/9 - 10/15

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 10/9 - 10/15

ICYMI: October 18th

Trending on Facebook: 10/9 - 10/15

How far-right campaigns are building active communities on Facebook

House Campaign Digital Spending, 10/2 - 10/8

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 10/2 - 10/8

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 10/2 - 10/8

Trending on Facebook: 10/2 - 10/8

“Furries” hit the campaign trail

The digital dogfight for key statehouses

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 9/25 - 10/1

House Campaign Digital Spending, 9/25 - 10/1

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 9/25 - 10/1

ICYMI: October 4th

Trending on Facebook: 9/25 - 10/1

Democrats’ new midterm message: “Fund the police.”

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 9/18 - 9/24

House Campaign Digital Spending, 9/18 - 9/24

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 9/18 - 9/24

Trending on Facebook: 9/18 - 9/24

ICYMI: September 27th

Lines of attack

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 9/11 - 9/17

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 9/11 - 9/17

House Campaign Digital Spending, 9/11 - 9/17

Conservative fake news network uses Facebook ads to attack Senate Democrats

ICYMI: September 20th

Trending on Facebook: 9/11 - 9/17

The major midterm candidates on TikTok, ranked

House Campaign Digital Spending, 9/4 - 9/10

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 9/4 - 9/10

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 9/4 - 9/10

ICYMI: September 13th

Trending on Facebook: 9/4 - 9/10

"How the midterms are playing out online..."

Democratic campaigns have Snapchat all to themselves

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 8/28 - 9/3

House Campaign Digital Spending, 8/28 - 9/3

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 8/28 - 9/3

The 11 best newsletters for politics, tech, and social media

ICYMI: September 6th

Trending on Facebook: 8/28-9/3

Has Beto got his mojo back?

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 8/21 - 8/27

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 8/21 - 8/27

House Campaign Digital Spending, 8/21 - 8/27

ICYMI: August 30th

Trending on Facebook: 8/21 - 8/27

"Thank you Joe Brandon"

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 8/14 - 8/20

House Campaign Digital Spending, 8/14 - 8/20

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 8/14 - 8/20

Trending on Facebook: 8/14 - 8/20

ICYMI: August 23rd

Republican candidates falling far behind in digital ad spending

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 8/7 - 8/13

House Campaign Digital Spending, 8/7 - 8/13

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 8/7 - 8/13

Trending on Facebook: 8/7 - 8/13

SPOILER ALERT: Trouble for Dems in Oregon as populist third-party candidate rankles Gov race

ICYMI: August 16th

The very online admiral giving Iowa Democrats hope

House Campaign Digital Spending, 7/31 - 8/6

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 7/31 - 8/6

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 7/31 - 8/6

Trending on Facebook: 7/31 - 8/6

Far-right rages against the FBI on Facebook

ICYMI: August 9th

Anatomy of an astroturf campaign

Reconcilable differences

Trending on Facebook: 7/24 - 7/30

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 7/24 - 7/30

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 7/24 - 7/30

ICYMI: August 2nd

GOP-linked dark money group targets House progressives to kill reconciliation bill

The MAGA Social Media Queen of Arizona

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 7/17 - 7/23

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 7/17 - 7/23

Trending on Facebook: 7/17 - 7/23

Competing digital ads illustrate a heated abortion fight in Kansas

ICYMI: July 26

Political strategists react to Facebook’s major overhaul

Trending on Facebook: 7/10 - 7/16

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 7/10 - 7/16

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 7/10 - 7/16

Want to know who’s running in 2024? Just ask Facebook.

ICYMI: July 19th

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 7/3 - 7/9

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 7/3 - 7/9

Democrats are winning the digital ad wars. Will it matter?

Trending on Facebook: 7/3 - 7/9

ICYMI: July 12th

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 6/26 - 7/2

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 6/26 - 7/2

Mike Pence’s 2024 digital operation kicks into gear

ICYMI: July 5th

Made for TV Candidates 📺

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 6/19 - 6/25

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 6/19 - 6/25

Democrats spend big with anti-GOP Facebook pages in Illinois

ICYMI: June 28th

Reactions to SCOTUS decision illustrate two Americas on Facebook, Instagram

The U.S. Senate candidate that’s winning Facebook

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 6/12 - 6/18

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 6/12 - 6/18

The best (and worst) merch of the midterms

ICYMI: June 21st

Republicans hammer LGBT rights to score midterm points

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 6/5 - 6/11

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 6/5 - 6/11

Another conspiracy theorist is coming to Congress

ICYMI: June 14th

A primetime coup

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 5/29 - 6/4

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 5/29 - 6/4

Digital dark money blankets Wisconsin

ICYMI: June 7th

Digital spending on gun safety ads soars

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 5/22 - 5/28

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 5/22 - 28

ICYMI: May 24th

"The political ad landscape is changing..."

Deep in the heart of primary season

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 5/8 - 5/14

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 5/8 - 5/14

ICYMI: May 17th

The online campaign to become Pennsylvania’s next Senator

Your midterm social media leaderboard

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 5/1 - 5/7

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 5/1 - 5/7

Ad transparency transformed digital politics. After four years, what’s next?

ICYMI: May 10th

Republicans celebrate, Democrats fundraise after SCOTUS leak

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 4/24 - 4/30

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 4/24 - 4/30

ICYMI: May 3rd

Initial reactions to Roe v. Wade news flood social media

Skepticism, sarcasm, & savagery: social media calls to #CancelStudentDebt

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 4/17 - 4/23

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 4/17 - 4/23

ICYMI: April 26th

The biggest digital ad battleground of 2022?

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 4/10 - 4/16

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 4/10 - 4/16

ICYMI: April 19th

Nothing’s certain but ads and taxes

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 4/3 - 4/9

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 4/3 - 4/9

ICYMI: April 12th

The short and vertical election cycle

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 3/27 - 4/2

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 3/27 - 4/2

ICYMI: April 5th

China dominates early midterm ads

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 3/20 - 3/26

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 3/20 - 3/26

ICYMI: March 29th

With Senate majority on the line, Republicans choose chaos

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 3/13 - 3/19

House Campaign Digital Spending, 3/13 - 3/19

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 3/13 - 3/19

ICYMI: March 22nd

Trump's PAC has raised more cash than the DNC and RNC combined. Here's how he did it.

The Online Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 3/6 - 3/12

House Campaign Digital Spending, 3/6 - 3/12

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 3/6 - 3/12

How the White House approaches the internet

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 2/27 - 3/5

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 2/27 - 3/5

House Campaign Digital Spending, 2/27 - 3/5

The 34 GOP politicians parroting Big Oil in digital ads after Russia invaded Ukraine

Political TikTok comes of age

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 2/20 - 2/26

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 2/20 - 2/26

House Campaign Digital Spending, 2/20 - 2/26

U.S. Freedom Convoy revs up the right-wing internet

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 2/13 - 2/19

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 2/13 - 2/19

House Campaign Digital Spending, 2/13 - 2/19

Inside Marco Rubio’s early online Latino outreach campaign

ICYMI: February 22nd

For political campaigns online, style can matter as much as substance

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 2/6 - 2/12

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 2/6 - 2/12

House Campaign Digital Spending, 2/6 - 2/12

ICYMI: February 15th

As midterms loom, party committees spend big online

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 1/30 - 2/5

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 1/30 - 2/5

House Campaign Digital Spending, 1/30 - 2/5

ICYMI: February 8th

Building progressive media online

House Campaign Digital Spending, 1/23 - 1/29

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 1/23 - 1/29

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 1/23 - 1/29

Big Tech raises specter of China in ads aimed at killing antitrust bill

House Campaign Digital Spending, 1/16 - 1/22

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 1/16 - 1/22

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 1/16 - 1/22

ICYMI: January 25th

Dems need to talk about popular things. They’re already doing it.

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 1/9 - 1/15

House Campaign Digital Spending, 1/9 - 1/15

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 1/9 - 1/15

ICYMI: January 18th

The not-so-subtle 2024 presidential campaign has begun

House Campaign Digital Spending, 1/2-1/8

Gubernatorial Campaign Digital Spending, 1/2-1/8

Senate Campaign Digital Spending, 1/2-1/8

ICYMI: January 11th

Democrats haven't stopped talking about Jan 6th. Do voters care?

ICYMI: January 4th

“Let’s Go Brandon” is the classless 2022 rallying cry the Republican party deserves