United States 2026 · Every advertiser
Representative Ben Bakeberg
This page ran 5 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 16 May 2026 and 1 July 2026. Meta reports $0 – $495 of spend, which makes it the 19,712th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Party. Most of its spend was on the Republicans’ side. Race: State. Paid for by Minnesota House Republican Caucus.
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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ads
$248
reported spend, range $0 – $495
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 5 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Shireen Gandhi$50
- DFL lawmakers$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: State 60%, No specific race 40%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Rep. Ben Bakeberg helped pass major fraud prevention reforms, including an independent Office of Inspector General, stronger penalties for fraud, expanded tools to recover stolen taxpayer money, and a new committee to oversee state agencies and protect taxpayer dollars.
1 July 2026 · Representative Ben Bakeberg · $0 – $99 · 25K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Rep. Ben Bakeberg worked to support our communities by lowering car tabs and property taxes, securing funding for local infrastructure projects in Jordan and Shakopee, supporting hospitals across Minnesota, and helping Scott County modernize outdated technology systems.
24 June 2026 · Representative Ben Bakeberg · $0 – $99 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Earlier this week, the House took up a bill focused on improving security for legislators and public officials. While there are good provisions in the bill, I couldn’t support moving it forward before we act on school safety. We shouldn’t be passing a bill to improve security for legislators before we pass a bill to protect school kids.
17 May 2026 · Representative Ben Bakeberg · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Shireen Gandhi is officially out as commissioner of the Department of Human Services, and that is good news for Minnesota taxpayers. DHS has been at the center of repeated fraud scandals, and Minnesotans deserve real accountability from the agency responsible for overseeing billions of public dollars. The next commissioner needs to bring stronger oversight, better management, and a serious commitment to cleaning up fraud inside the department. Taxpayers should not have to keep watching scanda
16 May 2026 · Representative Ben Bakeberg · $0 – $99 · 9K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
As we approach the end of session, DFL lawmakers are once again talking about raising taxes. After state government spent through an $18 billion surplus and raised taxes by roughly $10 billion, you would think the focus would be on affordability, restraint, and giving Minnesotans some breathing room. Instead, we’re hearing more talk about class warfare and new tax tiers. That’s not where Minnesota needs to go. We should be working together to lower costs, reduce taxes, and make this state more
17 May 2026 · Representative Ben Bakeberg · $0 – $99 · 8K+ 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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