(CNN) A Republican politician from Illinois has angered the residents of a coastal English village by featuring a picture of its streets to depict "foreclosures, unemployment and economic recession."

Last week the Facebook page of Dr. Nick Stella, a Republican who's running to represent the 11th Illinois congressional district in the US midterm elections next week, posted an advertisement headlined: "Only you can stop this from becoming reality!"

Republican candidate Dr. Nick Stella.

It was aimed at attacking Stella's Democrat opponent and the district incumbent, Bill Foster. But bizarrely, it featured an image of a residential street in Jaywick Sands in the UK's eastern county of Essex.

The picture depicts two rows of run-down bungalows, along a pothole-strewn street. A billboard is superimposed on the image, congratulating Nancy Pelosi, currently the minority leader in the House of Representatives.

Beneath the picture, a caption reads: "Help President Trump keep America on track and thriving. A vote for Foster is a vote for speaker Pelosi. We can't go back to foreclosures, unemployment and economic recession!"

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