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Bob Smith for Bakersfield City Council

This page ran 6 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 22 October 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $600 – $1.2K of spend, which makes it the 14,098th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: Local. Paid for by Bob Smith for Bakersfield City Council 2026.

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 ↗

6

ads

$897

reported spend, range $600 – $1.2K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$150

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Promotional
100%

Share of the 6 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Security, crime & immigration
67%
Infrastructure & energy
50%
Candidate profile
50%
Jobs & youth
33%

Spend by race: Local 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

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

  • Bakersfield’s first Whole Foods is coming to Ward 4! 🏗️ I’m proud to have helped advance this development at Rosedale Highway and Coffee Road—a major private investment expected to create 2,000 jobs and bring new shopping options to our community. Attracting investment. Creating jobs. That's what it means to build a better Bakersfield. Watch my update from the project site! ⬇️

    25 October 2026 · Bob Smith for Bakersfield City Council · $100 – $199 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Building a better Bakersfield starts with delivering 100+ police officers and firefighters and cleaning up our streets. That's been my focus on the City Council and I'm just getting started: because our city our future depends on it. Learn more at BobForBakersfield.com

    22 October 2026 · Bob Smith for Bakersfield City Council · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • More first responders. Cleaner neighborhoods. Results for Bakersfield. Bob Smith’s record speaks for itself: ✅ Voted to add 100+ police officers and firefighters. ✅ Led the Clean City Initiative. ✅ Supported $60 million in city reserves to protect public safety and road repairs.

    26 October 2026 · Bob Smith for Bakersfield City Council · $100 – $199 · 30K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • Safer neighborhoods start with accountability. Bob Smith is fighting for a safer Bakersfield. The city has set aside $4 million for a jail bed pilot targeting repeat offenders—a step toward holding repeat offenders accountable and protecting our neighborhoods. Keep public safety a priority. Vote Bob Smith for City Council.

    26 October 2026 · Bob Smith for Bakersfield City Council · $100 – $199 · 30K+ 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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Bob Smith for Bakersfield City Council: political ads on Facebook and Instagram before the 2026 US midterms · Vipima