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Steve Johnson for Idaho Senate District 1

This page ran 27 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 27 August 2026 and 27 October 2026. Meta reports $1.4–4.1K of spend, which makes it the 8,953rd largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: State. Paid for by Steve Johnson for Senate.

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 ↗

27

ads

$2.7K

reported spend, range $1.4–4.1K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
35%
Promotional
54%
Informational
12%

Share of the 26 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • My opponent$598
  • my opponent$449
  • my opponent and his out-of-state backers$299

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

Topics

Candidate profile
46%
Electoral process & turnout
27%
Rallies & events
23%
Corruption & governance
19%
Infrastructure & energy
15%
Economy & cost of living
12%
Education
7.7%

Spend by race: State 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 98%.

The costliest ads

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

  • Our rural lifestyle is in danger. My opponent wants to sell our public lands to developers and attract more data centers and vacation properties by giving them big tax breaks. We need to send a clear message that North Idaho is not for sale. We need to elect Steve Johnson to Idaho State Senate.

    22 October 2026 · Steve Johnson for Idaho Senate District 1 · $200 – $299 · 20K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Don't be fooled by my opponent's property tax scheme. It may sound appealing, but it is really a thinly veiled giveaway to vacation properties and data centers. If any savings ever trickled down to us homeowners, it would take decades and require drastic cuts to our schools, roads, and emergency services. 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻. By increasing the Homeowner’s Exemption, we can decrease your tax bill without spending years reinventing the wheel. This provides targeted tax relief to

    26 October 2026 · Steve Johnson for Idaho Senate District 1 · $200 – $299 · 7K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • North Idaho is a place worth fighting for, and that's what you can count on me to do as your State Senator.

    26 October 2026 · Steve Johnson for Idaho Senate District 1 · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮. There's an on-going effort to limit or prevent your constitutional right to citizen's initiatives, and I am strongly opposed to that effort. My opponent has vowed to overturn citizen's initiatives that he doesn't like, going so far as to say he would "burn the constitution" if he didn't agree with it. That's not right. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿

    26 October 2026 · Steve Johnson for Idaho Senate District 1 · $100 – $199 · 4K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Huge shoutout to our wonderful volunteers! These were printed, stuffed, stamped, and mailed with love by folks right here in North Idaho (not sent from from out-of-state, like my opponent).

    26 October 2026 · Steve Johnson for Idaho Senate District 1 · $100 – $199 · 5K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Don't miss out! This is your chance to make a difference! Vote early in person through Oct 30th at the County building or on Nov 3rd

    26 October 2026 · Steve Johnson for Idaho Senate District 1 · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Informational · 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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