United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, North Carolina 11
Jennifer Balkcom
Result: Lost · 41.3% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Jennifer Balkcom’s FEC committees ran 8 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 10 September 2026 and 23 October 2026. Meta reports $7–9.1K of spend. That makes Jennifer Balkcom the 553rd largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, North Carolina 11. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
8
ads on 1 page
$8K
reported spend, range $7–9.1K
100%
of spend on federal races
$300
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$8K
8 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Jennifer Balkcom for Congress · $8K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $300
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 13%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$228–277K
11 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 28 October 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 31.4×
- Formats
- 11 video
- Impressions
- 7.8M–9.1M
- Targeting declared
- age on 11 ads · gender on 11 ads
- States named
- North Carolina
- Last ad shown
- 28 Oct
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkcom for Congress | 11 | 11 video | NC | 10 Sep | 28 Oct | $228–277K |
Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 8 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Jamie Ager$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| BALKCOM FOR CONGRESS C00958785 | 8 | $8K |
The committees whose ads count for the candidate, as the FEC names them.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Jennifer Balkcom is a small businesswoman and Henderson County farm girl. She led the fight in Raleigh to protect local farmers by stopping China from buying our farmland. Now she’s running for Congress to deliver results for every Western North Carolina family. Vote Jennifer Balkcom for Congress!
16 September 2026 · Jennifer Balkcom for Congress · $5–6K · 450K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Born here and raised here, Jennifer Balkcom is one of us. She understands the challenges facing our community and will be our voice in Washington. Vote Jennifer Balkcom for Congress by Nov. 3rd!
16 September 2026 · Jennifer Balkcom for Congress · $1–1.5K · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Jennifer Balkcom will bring tough mountain leadership to Congress. She’ll work to lower costs, protect our farms, and fight for Helen funding. Send a proven leader to Congress. Vote Jennifer Balkcom by Nov. 3rd.
23 October 2026 · Jennifer Balkcom for Congress · $200 – $299 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Jamie Ager acts like one of us, but he’s backed by D.C.liberal who support radical policies like open borders and sex changes for minors. Ager will stand with them, not us. Vote by Nov. 3rd.
23 October 2026 · Jennifer Balkcom for Congress · $0 – $99 · 7K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Balkcom for Congress | 8 | $8K |
Each name opens the page’s Vipima page, with its own figures and its link to Meta’s 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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