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Sam Temple for Rice County Commissioner District 3

This page ran 5 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 25 July 2026 and 30 August 2026. Meta reports $0 – $495 of spend, which makes it the 19,666th 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 ↗

5

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

3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
60%
Promotional
40%

Share of the 5 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Xcel Energy$50

Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.

Topics

Economy & cost of living
60%
Infrastructure & energy
60%
Health
40%

Spend by race: Local 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

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

  • Minnesota's energy bills are going up despite Xcel earning about $2 billion company-wide last year. Its Minnesota rates have climbed at roughly twice the rate of inflation since 2005. I’ll be submitting an open letter to the Public Utilities Commission about the effect this proposed rate increase would have on citizens in Faribault and Rice County. It would be helpful to me to be able to include stories and information from my neighbors. Please fill out the survey on my website and tell me how

    30 August 2026 · Sam Temple for Rice County Commissioner District 3 · $0 – $99 · 8K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Xcel Energy is raising electric rates by about $210 million over two years. For a typical household that's roughly $5.60 more a month, around $67 a year, on top of what you already pay. Xcel earned about $2 billion companywide last year, and at least $1 billion every year going back to 2015. Its Minnesota rates have climbed at roughly twice the rate of inflation since 2005. In June, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved another increase. But now they’re being asked to reconsider by the

    28 August 2026 · Sam Temple for Rice County Commissioner District 3 · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Healthcare might soon be changing in Faribault, but there are things we can do to make sure that we still get the care that we need. Allina is currently going through a deal to be purchased by Sutter Health, a California organization that is looking to break into the Midwest market. I'm sure I don't need to tell you that corporate consolidation--especially in healthcare--often hurts patients, hurts consumers, and often hurts healthcare professionals. So what can we do about it? The Attorney Gene

    25 July 2026 · Sam Temple for Rice County Commissioner District 3 · $0 – $99 · 7K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Healthcare might soon be changing in Faribault, but there are things we can do to make sure that we still get the care that we need. Allina is currently going through a deal to be purchased by Sutter Health, a California organization that is looking to break into the Midwest market. I'm sure I don't need to tell you that corporate consolidation--especially in healthcare--often hurts patients, hurts consumers, and often hurts healthcare professionals. So what can we do about it? The Attor

    25 July 2026 · Sam Temple for Rice County Commissioner District 3 · $0 – $99 · 100+ 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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