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Ben Blomgren for Farmington City Council
This page ran 4 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 21 August 2026 and 13 October 2026. Meta reports $0 – $396 of spend, which makes it the 20,190th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: Local. Paid for by Ben Blomgren for City Council.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗
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$198
reported spend, range $0 – $396
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
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Share of the 4 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- city council members$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
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Spend by race: Local 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
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Aside from questions about the city, the datacenter, and taxes, the question I get most is, “Why are you running for City Council?” Here’s my why. Nicole and I have been married for 14 years. We moved to Farmington right before our first child was born, and today our three children attend Farmington public schools in 7th, 4th, and 1st grade. Between hockey, gymnastics, dance, and family outings, we stay busy. When I think of community, I think of our kids laughing and playing with their frien
13 October 2026 · Ben Blomgren for Farmington City Council · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Last night I sat with a large group of people within Farmington including city council, city staff, residents, county commissioner candidates, state representatives, mayoral candidates, and other city council candidates. The topic was zoning 101. The meeting was a one-way listening session about refining the datacenter ordinance and technology park zoning going forward. Councilmembers did not discuss anything among themselves or with residents. In fact, the mayor specified that the current p
1 October 2026 · Ben Blomgren for Farmington City Council · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Help me bring thoughtful growth, responsible spending, and transparent leadership to Farmington.
2 September 2026 · Ben Blomgren for Farmington City Council · $0 – $99 · 7K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
In this two minute video I refine my position on the datacenter and our future moving forward within Farmington. We've had years of disengaged city council members led along by outlying strong personalities. We see little debate or a focus on intricacies that miss the big picture. The list of grievances is long but the list of positive outcomes from a council inspired to work toward setting the city on the right path is greater. There are two councilmembers and the mayor's seat at stake in t
21 August 2026 · Ben Blomgren for Farmington City Council · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.
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