United States 2026 · Every advertiser
Irvine Community News & Views
This page ran 10 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 15 May 2026 and 11 October 2026. Meta reports $1.9–2.9K of spend, which makes it the 9,512th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Media. Most of its spend was on the Republicans’ side. Race: Local.
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 ↗
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$2.4K
reported spend, range $1.9–2.9K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$150
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 10 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Councilmember Kathleen Treseder$699
- Kathleen Treseder$399
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
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.
Publisher's Perspective by Franklin J. Lunding In addition to breaking nearly every campaign promise she made in 2022, what I find most disturbing — and dangerous — about Councilmember Kathleen Treseder is her long-documented history of attacking and bullying those who disagree with her. In 2024, she wasted thousands of taxpayer dollars by claiming that she needed police protection from political opponents who, she said, had threatened to kill her. Watch Treseder lie about receiving death thr
11 October 2026 · Irvine Community News & Views · $500 – $599 · 45K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Endorsements: Larry Agran for Mayor & Scotty Hong for Irvine City Council by Franklin J. Lunding, Publisher Since 2015, our community newspaper has been dedicated to keeping Irvine residents informed, connected, and engaged. Our twice-weekly email newsletters deliver the stories that matter most — from the neighbors and local businesses making a difference, to the latest developments at City Hall, to a wide variety of community events, many of them free and open to all ages. Each election s
11 October 2026 · Irvine Community News & Views · $400 – $499 · 45K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
by Franklin J. Lunding, Publisher In the upcoming Nov. 3 election, voters living in the neighborhoods surrounding UC Irvine, University Hills, and the Jamboree and MacArthur corridors will have the opportunity to elect their very own District 6 City Council representative. Irvine Sustainability Commissioner Scotty Hong, a public policy expert educated at Harvard and Cornell, is running for the new City Council seat. Hong has served as chief policy advisor to the Mayor’s office on several hig
11 October 2026 · Irvine Community News & Views · $400 – $499 · 40K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Councilmember Treseder's Attacks on Local Democracy by Franklin J. Lunding, Publisher Politicians often run for office promising transparency and a commitment to democratic principles. However, once in office, some elected officials ignore their campaign promises and act in ways that subvert rather than support their constituents. Irvine City Councilmember Kathleen Treseder has become one of those politicians. Treseder ran for Irvine City Council in 2022, promising "transparency and account
15 June 2026 · Irvine Community News & Views · $200 – $299 · 15K+ 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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