United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, North Dakota at-large
Vern Thompson
Vern Thompson’s FEC committees ran 42 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 26 July 2026 and 1 October 2026. Meta reports $9.2–14.6K of spend. That makes Vern Thompson the 460th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, North Dakota at-large. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
42
ads on 1 page
$11.9K
reported spend, range $9.2–14.6K
74%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 42 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Ag Commissioner Goehring$2K
- Our statewide officials$950
- Nick$350
- Commissioner Goehring$199
- Doug Goehring and Julie Fedorchak$150
- Our opponent$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 74%, State 26%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON4ND C00939173 | 42 | $11.9K |
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.
Inside Deals. Missing Records. Delinquent Loans. North Dakota Deserves Better. Corruption is happening right here in North Dakota, and taxpayers haven't been told. I've said it before: rooting out corruption doesn't depend on party labels. Republican or Democrat — if public money is involved, we need openness, honesty, and transparency. No more sweetheart deals. No more inside tracks for the well‑connected. Now we have hard evidence. What the independent Eide Bailly audit found at the Nort
22 September 2026 · Thompson 4 ND · $1–1.5K · 70K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
It's the worst farm crisis in 40 years. We need leadership to plan for the worst and pray for the best. Stop by and see Vern at Big Iron now until Thursday! We are in the SE corner 🚜 Vote by November 3 Vern Thompson Candidate for Agriculture Commissioner #vern4ag #vern4nd #farming #bigiron #ag #northdakota
15 September 2026 · Thompson 4 ND · $1–1.5K · 70K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
The word "AGRICULTURE" wasn't uttered ONCE during the August ND Industrial Commission meeting. The Agriculture Commissioner is on the NDIC for a reason. To advocate for family farmers and ranchers. Ag Commissioner Goehring is not doing his job. Vote Vern by November 3. #agriculture #ag #northdakota #nd #farming #ranching
7 September 2026 · Thompson 4 ND · $1–1.5K · 125K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Vern's in it to fix stuff! 1. Family farmers and ranchers come first. 2. No more corporate welfare for out of state multi-billion dollar corporations. 3. Data Center transparency and accountability. They want our resources? They play by our rules. Vote by November 3 Vern Thompson Candidate for ND Agriculture Commissioner 701-400-6767
14 September 2026 · Thompson 4 ND · $900 – $999 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Farmers and ranchers are getting squeezed from every direction. Tariffs — on again, off again, no plan Diesel — up Fertilizer — up 300,000 tons of discounted imported "mystery meat" further undercutting ND cattle producers who are already stretched thin Our statewide officials? Crickets. 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝.
8 September 2026 · Thompson 4 ND · $900 – $999 · 90K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
How come our federal policy is anti-rancher? One reason may be that we have elected representation in Bismarck that doesn’t say jack when actions are taken that hurt ranchers and consumers. The New York Times reported today that US rancher’s livelihoods are being shaped in private meetings between the President and a representative of Brazil’s largest beef exporter, JBS. JBS is one of the Big Four meatpackers that make up over 80% of the US beef market. Why hasn’t Ag Commissioner Goehring c
14 September 2026 · Thompson 4 ND · $700 – $799 · 70K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Thompson 4 ND | 42 | $11.9K |
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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