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Augusta County Watch

This page ran 3 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 12 May 2026 and 2 October 2026. Meta reports $0 – $297 of spend, which makes it the 21,070th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race.

Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗

3

ads

$149

reported spend, range $0 – $297

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

1 Jun
6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
100%

Share of the 3 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • David Shif$50
  • Chairman Jeff Slaven, Supervisor Gerald Garber, Supervisor Chris Kincheloe, and County Administrator Tim Fitzgerald$50

Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.

Topics

Corruption & governance
100%
Education
33%
Security, crime & immigration
33%

Spend by race: No specific race 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.

  • 🎥 WATCH THE VIDEO — AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF- Did the Chair go too far? At the October 1 Augusta County School Board meeting, citizen Joshua Cox came before the Board to raise concerns about transparency and an anonymous Facebook account known as “Concerned Citizen.” Cox was calm and respectful. He even made clear that he was not claiming he had conclusively proven who was behind the account. But when his comments turned to possible connections involving School Board Chairman David Shif

    2 October 2026 · Augusta County Watch · $0 – $99 · 3K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Funding decisions that directly affect emergency response capability are now at the center of controversy in Augusta County after the Dooms Volunteer Fire Company was denied access to critical equipment funding tied to state “Aid to Localities” fire dollars. Questions are being raised about how the decision was made, whether established Board-approved guidelines were followed, and why key governing documents appear difficult to locate in public records. With concerns mounting over transparency

    25 May 2026 · Augusta County Watch · $0 – $99 · 5K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • 🚨 AFTER THE APRIL 8TH BOARD MEETING… THE MEETING MAY HAVE NEVER REALLY ENDED. 🚨 Following the April 8, 2026 Augusta County Board of Supervisors meeting, Chairman Jeff Slaven, Supervisor Gerald Garber, Supervisor Chris Kincheloe, and County Administrator Tim Fitzgerald were again seen gathering at Rack ’em Smack ’em Ribs in Verona. For years, citizens have raised concerns about “back-room deals.” Is this proof of the good ol’ boy system at work… or is it really just dinner and talking about

    12 May 2026 · Augusta County Watch · $0 – $99 · 5K+ impressions · Attack · 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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Augusta County Watch: political ads on Facebook and Instagram before the 2026 US midterms · Vipima