Free State ResearchTracker
The last 7 days and everything booked ahead. Spending from before that is left out until you ask.Include earlier spending
| advertiser | side | TV/cable/radio | digital | FEC | buys | creatives | where the spots run | last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Johnson | red | — | $696 | — | 4 | 5 | no readable schedule yet | 2026-10-12 |
| Kansas Republican Party · watched, nothing on file yet | red | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kansas State Treasurer's Office | red | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2026-05-29 |
| Republican State Leadership Committee · watched, nothing on file yet | red | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kansas Democratic Party · watched, nothing on file yet | blue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Click an advertiser for everything on file about it: every buy, every creative, who funds it, and where its spots run. Dollar figures are floors, de-duped the same way as the buys table below, so the two agree.
| group | stations & platforms | reported to FEC | media |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State Treasurer's Office | $12,193 | — | Meta |
Raised, spent and cash on hand are from each candidate's latest report, so they lag. Each outside group shows two reads of its money side by side: what the stations' public files and the ad platforms show, and what the group itself reported to the FEC. The FEC figure is often higher, because it includes money paid ahead for later weeks and media no public file shows, such as streaming. The side's total counts each group once, at the larger of the two. An outside group is counted for the side it helps, whether its ads praise one candidate or attack the other.
| first booked | has run | still to run | cancelled | moved | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| red | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| blue | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Thursday, October 22, 2026 | finance Kansas candidates: pre-general report closes (covers 7/24-10/22) |
| Monday, October 26, 2026 | finance Kansas candidates: pre-general receipts and expenditures report due Same date applies to PACs and party committees. |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | deadline Last day to apply for an advance mail ballot Kansas County source, not SOS. Riley County also lists 10/27 (rileycountyks.gov/128/Elections). |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | election In-person advance voting must begin in all counties Kansas Many counties start earlier. |
| Thursday, October 29, 2026 | finance Kansas candidates: last-minute contributions of $300 or more report due (covers 10/23-10/28) |
| Thursday, October 29, 2026 | finance Kansas PACs and party committees: daily last-minute contribution and independent expenditure (over $300) reports, through 11/02 10/29 covers 10/23-10/28; then one day each through 11/02. |
| Tuesday, November 3, 2026 7 a.m.-7 p.m. | election General Election Day Kansas Poll hours from Riley County (rileycountyks.gov/128/Elections). |
| Friday, November 6, 2026 close of business | deadline Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day must arrive (court-ordered grace period) Kansas county election offices Douglas County District Court injunction (7/16/2026) blocks the 2025 law requiring receipt by 7 p.m. Election Day. Court of Appeals and Kansas Supreme Court declined to stay it (Kansas Reflector 7/16 and 7/31; KWCH 7/28). Appeal pending; could change. |
| Monday, November 9, 2026 8-10 a.m. | election County canvass (default date; counties may move it up to 13 days after the election, i.e. 11/16) Kansas counties Statute: Monday next following a Tuesday election, 8-10 a.m., or any business day not later than 13 days after. Individual county dates vary. |
| Tuesday, December 1, 2026 | election Last day for State Board of Canvassers to certify official results Kansas Outside the 9/28-11/30 window. SOS lists a last-day deadline, not a scheduled meeting date. |
| Sunday, January 10, 2027 | finance Kansas candidates: January report due (covers 10/23/2026-12/31/2026) |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | election First day of advance voting; advance mail ballots transmitted Advance in-person start varies by county (Shawnee 10/19, Wyandotte 10/17). |
| Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | deadline Voter registration deadline (also address/name-change updates) 5 p.m. time is from Shawnee County (snco.gov/election/vote/), not SOS. |
All of this advertiser's measured money is digital ($696); 5% of that audience is under 35 and 69% is 55 or older.
No broadcast flight here carries a readable schedule, so the figures above are the digital buying alone. Digital is Meta’s own reported delivery where the ad carries it, and the platform’s reachable Kansas audience otherwise. Media are blended by money; a digital dollar buys more impressions than a broadcast one, so the blend understates the young rather than overstating them. The method and its sources ↗
Nothing on file with a flight in the window.
Every advertiser → · Every buyer and market → · Flights → · This week's calendar → · Buyers who have gone quiet →
| sev | sponsor & item | posted |
|---|---|---|
| MED | Ad Steven Johnson · 3 Meta ads $397 Meta ad by Steven Johnson: https://stevenjohnsonks.com Kansas Treasurerre Steven Johnsonred |
runs 10/12–10/15 posted 10/11 19:00 CT latest item → |
| MED | Ad Steven Johnson · 1 video YouTube: Steven Johnson TV Ad #1 Kansas Treasurer Election Oct 10 -"Most Interest Earning Man in the World" ! Kansas Treasurerre Steven Johnsonred |
posted 10/09 11:11 CT latest item → |
| MED | Ad Steven Johnson · 2 Meta ads $398 Meta ad by Steven Johnson: You may have already seen this thanks to a little help from my friends! We are posting today Kansas Treasurerre Steven Johnsonred |
runs 10/09–10/12 posted 10/08 19:00 CT latest item → |
No coverage naming a candidate in this race in the last 30 days.
| sev | source & item | posted |
|---|---|---|
| MED | Intel Sam Johnson for Yakima County Treasurer · 1 report row Meta report: Sam Johnson for Yakima County Treasurer spent ≤100 (? ads) - 20260926-232754-FacebookAdLibraryReport_2026-0 Kansas Treasurerre Steven Johnsonunattributed |
posted 09/26 18:30 CT latest item → |
Sentinel reads this library through Meta's API and the ads are already counted on the Spend page and in every advertiser's tile. These links are the same library by hand, for when you want to see an ad in its own setting: each opens Facebook's public Ad Library filtered to political and issue ads in the U.S., newest first.
| Steven Johnson red | ads naming them ↗ |
| Kansas Democratic Party blue | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| Kansas Republican Party red | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| Republican State Leadership Committee red | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| Kansas spend by advertiser | Ad Library Report ↗ (set region to Kansas, last 7 days; download the CSV into the reports folder to ingest) |
| domain | registered | site |
|---|---|---|
| stevenjohnsonks.com Steven Johnson · red · NameCheap, Inc. | 2021-04-19 | 200 Republican Steven Johnson for State Treasurer | Join the team! Elect Republican Steven Johnson as our next State Treasurer. |
| stevenjohnson.net Steven Johnson · red · GoDaddy.com, LLC | 1999-12-13 | 200 |
| stevenjohnson.com Steven Johnson · red · GoDaddy.com, LLC | 1998-05-31 | 200 Steve's Antique Technology |