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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

South Dakota! If you are fired up and planning on voting for Medicaid expansion and legalizing Marijuana, you should vote for me! I support these policies. Sen. Thune vehemently opposes both.

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Performance proxies

Overall score40.5/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.25.8 · 66.9 · 4.4 · 64.8
Spend rangeUSD 500–599
Impressions35,000 – 39,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 14.65
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live17 (2022-10-22 → 2022-11-08)
Created2022-10-21
Creative variants1 body · 0 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateSD — Brian Bengs
Surfaced by“senate:Brian Bengs”

🧠 AI analysis

Issuehealthcare
Framingcontrast comparison
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealurgency
Production tierdiy amateur
Who picturedcandidate
Symbolsnone
Call to actionvote
Standout elementFacebook content-removal notice replacing the actual ad creative, exposing a disclaimer compliance failure
TacticThe ad uses a direct contrast tactic — aligning the candidate with popular ballot measures while explicitly naming Thune as an opponent of both — but the disclaimer violation caused removal, severely undermining its reach and credibility.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

South Dakota99.8%
Nebraska0.1%
Iowa0.1%
Unknown0.0%
Minnesota0.0%
North Dakota0.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · female 11.8%
65+ · unknown 0.2%
35-44 · unknown 0.1%
65+ · female 13.3%
55-64 · male 5.6%
35-44 · male 8.6%
55-64 · female 10.8%
35-44 · female 12.8%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 10.3%
18-24 · female 5.2%
25-34 · male 6.9%
18-24 · male 2.1%
65+ · male 5.6%
25-34 · unknown 0.3%
45-54 · male 6.0%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%

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