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Cara Stewart for Costa Mesa
This page ran 8 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 21 October 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $900 – $1.7K of spend, which makes it the 12,344th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend was on the Democrats’ side. Race: Local. Paid for by Cara Stewart for 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 ↗
8
ads
$1.3K
reported spend, range $900 – $1.7K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$100
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 8 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
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.
Cara Stewart - Democrat for Costa Mesa City Council. Endorsed by Andrea Marr
22 October 2026 · Cara Stewart for Costa Mesa · $400 – $499 · 70K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Earlier this year, Costa Mesa considered, and ultimately rejected, a proposed Code of Ethics and Conduct. I think we should return to the conversation. But I also think we can improve the policy. That’s why I’m proposing a Good Governance Guarantee for Costa Mesa. Costa Mesa is about to reshape City Hall. Let’s give the next council a strong foundation from day one. If you elect me to represent District 3, I will advance the Good Governance Guarantee in my first 100 days and work with my new
26 October 2026 · Cara Stewart for Costa Mesa · $300 – $399 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Cara Stewart - Democrat for Costa Mesa City Council. Endorsed by Congressman Robert Garcia
22 October 2026 · Cara Stewart for Costa Mesa · $100 – $199 · 30K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Cara Stewart - Democrat for Costa Mesa City Council. Endorsed by Costa Mesa Leaders You Trust.
22 October 2026 · Cara Stewart for Costa Mesa · $100 – $199 · 25K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Cara Stewart - Democrat for Costa Mesa City Council. Endorsed by Katrina Foley
22 October 2026 · Cara Stewart for Costa Mesa · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Follow the Money. Democrat Cara Stewart - Funded by our Neighbors, not the Special Interests
22 October 2026 · Cara Stewart for Costa Mesa · $0 – $99 · 15K+ 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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