United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Minnesota 4
Paul Wikstrom
Result: Lost · 26.8% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Paul Wikstrom’s FEC committees ran 18 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 24 July 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $7–9.6K of spend. That makes Paul Wikstrom the 545th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Minnesota 4. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
18
ads on 1 page
$8.3K
reported spend, range $7–9.6K
100%
of spend on federal races
$150
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 15 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Betty$899
- Betty, Omar and the family$150
- Hasan Piker$99
- Representative McCollum$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 92%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| WIKSTROM FOR CONGRESS C00939181 | 18 | $8.3K |
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.
Paul Wikstrom can’t be bought. He’ll crack down on gang violence, stop the fraud, and be the champion Minnesota deserves.
15 October 2026 · Wikstrom for Congress · $4–4.5K · 250K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
A problem-solving engineer committed to rebuilding our future, Paul Wikstrom is the outsider we need to set things right.
24 July 2026 · Wikstrom for Congress · $1–1.5K · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Somali Gang Violence affects the East Metro too. Why the SILENCE, Betty?
18 October 2026 · Wikstrom for Congress · $700 – $799 · 35K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Betty McAPOLIS?
16 October 2026 · Wikstrom for Congress · $300 – $399 · 10K+ impressions · Ad Library
Strong Women have strong opinions on Minnesota Fraud!
22 October 2026 · Wikstrom for Congress · $200 – $299 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
ONLY DAYS LEFT to KICK Betty, Omar and the family out. This is not a game.
26 October 2026 · Wikstrom for Congress · $100 – $199 · 6K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Wikstrom for Congress | 18 | $8.3K |
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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