United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · Senate, South Dakota
John Thune
John Thune’s FEC committees ran 3 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 19 May 2026 and 26 May 2026. Meta reports $300 – $597 of spend. That makes John Thune the 1,034th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for Senate, South Dakota. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
3
ads on 1 page
$449
reported spend, range $300 – $597
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 3 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF JOHN THUNE C00409581 | 3 | $449 |
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.
Proud to continue confirming President Trump’s nominees and putting conservative leadership to work. After months of Democrat obstruction, we’re moving forward with leaders who will help unleash American energy, protect our public lands, and put America first. Read more:
26 May 2026 · John Thune · $300 – $399 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| John Thune | 3 | $449 |
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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