United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Minnesota 8
Peter Stauber
Result: Won · 53.0% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Peter Stauber’s FEC committees ran 85 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 7 May 2026 and 24 October 2026. Meta reports $47.4–61.4K of spend. That makes Peter Stauber the 167th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Minnesota 8. Party: Republicans.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
85
ads on 1 page
$54.4K
reported spend, range $47.4–61.4K
100%
of spend on federal races
$250
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$54.4K
85 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Pete Stauber · $54.4K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $250
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 7.3%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$100–115K
3 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 2×
- Formats
- 3 video
- Impressions
- 3.1M–3.7M
- Targeting declared
- age on 3 ads · gender on 3 ads
- States named
- Minnesota
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETE STAUBER FOR CONGRESS | 3 | 3 video | MN | 20 Oct | 4 Nov | $100–115K |
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 82 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Trina Swanson$5.3K
- Tim Walz and Trina Swanson$1.2K
- Democrats in Minnesota$850
- Grant Hauschild$350
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 99%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| PETE STAUBER FOR CONGRESS C00650697 | 85 | $54.4K |
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.
Before earning your trust as Congressman, Pete Stauber spent 23 years in law enforcement protecting his community. He put a lot of criminals behind bars and now he wants to do the same to the fraudsters who stole $9 billion in Minnesota taxpayer money. Vote Pete Stauber for Congress on or before November 3rd!
23 September 2026 · Pete Stauber · $4.5–5K · 250K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Like you, Pete Stauber is fed up with high prices. That’s why he passed the largest tax cut in U.S. history and eliminated taxes on tips and overtime, providing relief to working families. Vote Pete Stauber for Congress on or before November 3rd!
23 September 2026 · Pete Stauber · $3.5–4K · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Trina Swanson spent decades defending criminals and fraudsters, even admitting her role in screening refugee cases. Now, she wants to fight for them in Congress. Minnesotans deserve a representative who puts law-abiding citizens first. Former officer Pete Stauber is fighting for you, not the fraudsters. Vote for Pete Stauber on or before Nov 3rd!
21 October 2026 · Pete Stauber · $3–3.5K · 175K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pete Stauber is putting fraudsters behind bars and protecting the essential programs you count on, like Medicare and Social Security. He’s fighting for Minnesotans, ensuring your hard-earned benefits are protected. Vote Pete Stauber for Congress on or Nov 3rd!
21 October 2026 · Pete Stauber · $3–3.5K · 150K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Congressman Pete Stauber wrote a bill that imposes criminal penalties on government officials who knowingly fail to report fraud, like Tim Walz and Kieth Ellison. Pete even wrote the Stop Fraud by Somalia Act, strengthening penalties for childcare providers who defraud federal programs. Vote Pete Stauber for Congress by November 3rd to put the fraudsters in jail!
6 October 2026 · Pete Stauber · $2.5–3K · 150K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
America is a nation of laws. Those who come to our country to defraud our systems should be kicked out immediately. Pete Stauber is fighting to protect taxpayers and send the fraudsters packing!
7 May 2026 · Pete Stauber · $2.5–3K · 200K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Stauber | 85 | $54.4K |
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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