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Phelps for District Court Judge

This page ran 6 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 7 August 2026 and 15 October 2026. Meta reports $0 – $594 of spend, which makes it the 18,931st largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: Local.

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 ↗

6

ads

$297

reported spend, range $0 – $594

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Promotional
100%

Share of the 4 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Candidate profile
100%
Electoral process & turnout
25%

Spend by race: Local 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 67%.

The costliest ads

The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.

  • A kid from Creswell. A town with no stoplights. A high school graduating class of 24. The first in my family to earn a college degree. Today, I serve as a District Court Judge for Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties. I’m grateful to the Governor for appointing little ol’ me from Creswell. When I think about where this journey started, you can’t tell me God isn’t real. I graduated with honors from East Carolina University and North Carolina Central University School of Law

    15 October 2026 · Phelps for District Court Judge · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Serving as a District Court Judge in Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties means more to me than I can put into words. I want to keep serving you, and I need your help. I’m asking for your vote. 🗳️ Early voting: October 15th–31st 🗳️ Election Day: November 3rd If you live in any of these five counties, you can vote in this race. Please share this video and talk to your family and friends. Vote to Keep Judge D. Cole Phelps. #ImWithPhelps

    15 October 2026 · Phelps for District Court Judge · $0 – $99 · 6K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Yesterday, I had the incredible honor of taking the oath of office as District Court Judge for North Carolina’s Second Judicial District (Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties). Thank you to every person who came, prayed, called, texted, and celebrated this moment with me. Looking around that courtroom and seeing it filled with family, friends, mentors, colleagues, and neighbors is a memory I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. More than anything, I hope yesterday sent

    7 August 2026 · Phelps for District Court Judge · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Promotional · 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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