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Brian Bengs for U.S. Senate US Inactive

Brian Bengs for Senate

Creative removed by Meta
This ad's image was taken down for violating Meta's ad standards; the copy below is preserved from the Ad Library.

Ad copy

In 1996, South Dakota John Thune said he supported term limits. 26 years later, Washington John Thune is running to spend 30 years in elected office.

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Performance proxies

Overall score37.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.23.7 · 61.7 · 3.6 · 62.5
Spend rangeUSD 400–499
Impressions20,000 – 24,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 19.98
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live14 (2022-10-25 → 2022-11-08)
Created2022-10-25
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateSD — Brian Bengs
Surfaced by“senate:Brian Bengs”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuedemocracy elections
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tierunknown
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionnone
Standout elementFacebook content removal notice obscuring the actual ad creative
TacticThe ad leverages a hypocrisy contrast attack — juxtaposing Thune's 1996 pro-term-limits stance with his 30-year career — but is rendered invisible by a platform disclaimer violation, making the removal notice itself the unintended focal point.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

South Dakota99.8%
Nebraska0.1%
Iowa0.0%
Minnesota0.0%
Unknown0.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.1%
25-34 · female 7.3%
25-34 · unknown 0.2%
55-64 · male 7.6%
45-54 · female 9.5%
35-44 · male 8.0%
25-34 · male 6.4%
45-54 · male 6.5%
18-24 · female 3.0%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · female 9.8%
65+ · male 9.6%
65+ · female 17.6%
55-64 · female 11.7%
18-24 · male 2.0%
65+ · unknown 0.2%
45-54 · unknown 0.0%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%

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