United States 2026 · Every advertiser
Ben Gruber for Assembly
This page ran 30 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 13 May 2026 and 25 October 2026. Meta reports $2.5–5.5K of spend, which makes it the 7,388th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: State. Paid for by Friends of Ben Gruber.
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 ↗
30
ads
$4K
reported spend, range $2.5–5.5K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$150
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
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Share of the 27 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Todd Novak$1.2K
- Big Oil$50
- the incumbent$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: State 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 96%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
A SHOCKING Endorsement- This changes everything!! Help spread the word folks- sharing is free, and this campaign doesn't have billionaires throwing millions of $$ into it. #gruberfor51st #firstresponders #firstresponders #gamewarden #communityservice
5 September 2026 · Ben Gruber for Assembly · $500 – $599 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Integrity. Leadership. Service. The choice is clear- I've spent the last 24 years answering 911 calls and showing up for our neighbors. Incumbent Todd Novak is a career poltiican funded and controlled by 2 billionaires from Illinois. Do me a favor- give it a share, it's free. Let's show the billionaires that Wisconsin is NOT FOR SALE. #firstresponder #firstresponders #firstresponders #firefighter #firefighter #emt #paramedic #GameWarden #gamewarden #driftlesswi #gruberfor51st
6 October 2026 · Ben Gruber for Assembly · $300 – $399 · 40K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
"This is a race that deeply disturbs me, at least what Todd Novak is doing.......and I hope to God the voters of the 51st chose Ben Gruber, becuase he is the real deal" find the video in its entirety at https://www.therecombobulationarea.com/p/the-state-of-the-race-with-less-than #gruberfor51st
25 October 2026 · Ben Gruber for Assembly · $200 – $299 · 20K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
The choice is clear: I'll fight for our rural communites and public schools and end the reliance on property tax increases Career politician Todd Novak sold out our communities, closed our schools and raised our property taxes to give tax breaks to his billionaires. Give it a share- Show those FIB’s (F*ng Illinois Billionaires) who fund Novak that Wisconsin is NOT FOR SALE!!! #gruberfor51st #rurallife #rural #publicschools #communityfirst
6 October 2026 · Ben Gruber for Assembly · $200 – $299 · 25K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Campaign promise incoming! Find out how much student lunch debt your school has and post it in the comments!!! This post uses the Pecatonica Area School District's school lunch debt, but many others have much more! (My apologies for saying Pec-Argyle in the video, I’m just used to saying that for the Sports co-ops. Argyle has it’s own district and a separate school lunch debt #). #gruberfor51st #integrity #integritymatters #communityfirst
14 September 2026 · Ben Gruber for Assembly · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I will stand up for our neighbors and our communities. I'll show up for you in the leigislature just like I have for over 2 decades as a first responder. Our prices continue to increase while career politicians serve their billionaire donors. VOTE BY NOVEMBER 3. #leadership #communityservice #PublicSafety #publicsafety #conservation #driftlesswisconsin #firstresponders
20 October 2026 · Ben Gruber for Assembly · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · 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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