John Pickhaver for El Segundo City Council

This page ran 16 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 24 August 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $1.5–3.1K of spend, which makes it the 9,691st 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 John Pickhaver 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 ↗

ads

$2.3K

reported spend, range $1.5–3.1K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$150

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

7 Sep

5 Oct

Spend still counting

2 Nov

Tone

Attack

13%

Promotional

88%

Share of the 16 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

City Hall$250
City Council$250

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

Topics

Candidate profile

50%

Infrastructure & energy

50%

Electoral process & turnout

19%

Corruption & governance

19%

Rallies & events

6.3%

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.

A vote for me is a vote for YOU. #PickProgress #PickTransparency #PickPick #PickYou #ElSegundoCityCouncil
20 October 2026 · John Pickhaver for El Segundo City Council · $300 – $399 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Some of these picks build on what El Segundo already does well. Others bring fresh ideas to City Hall. All share one goal: prioritizing the needs of residents. #PickPick #ElSegundoCityCouncil
26 October 2026 · John Pickhaver for El Segundo City Council · $200 – $299 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
I’m pleased to have earned the endorsement of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. If elected, I would be the only registered Democrat on the El Segundo City Council. In 2024, nearly two-thirds of El Segundo voters supported the Democratic presidential nominee, and I’m proud to identify with many of the values reflected in that majority. Some people understandably want national politics kept out of local government. But a nonpartisan office is not a value-free one. When members of our City
13 October 2026 · John Pickhaver for El Segundo City Council · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Too often, City Hall leaves residents out in the cold. Or in the case of neighbors at 123 E. Oak: 86-degree temperatures inside their homes. We need to work harder to find a way to get to yes for residents. #PickProgress #PickTransparency #PickPick #ElSegundoCityCouncil
18 October 2026 · John Pickhaver for El Segundo City Council · $200 – $299 · 9K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
The problem isn’t Tesla. It’s a City Council that decided the normal rules and process could be set aside to get the outcome it wanted. Last week, in a 3-2 vote, Council overturned both City staff and the Planning Commission to allow a new Tesla facility on PCH. That decision didn’t just affect one project. It changed how our zoning rules can be interpreted, without the broader public process that normally comes with changing land-use policy. Residents shouldn’t have to organize after decisio
4 October 2026 · John Pickhaver for El Segundo City Council · $200 – $299 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
I successfully called for the temporary data moratorium now in effect in El Segundo. But it's only that: temporary. This election has real consequences as it relates to AI Data Centers. The community has made clear we don't want them here. #PickProgress #PickTransparency #PickPick #ElSegundoCityCouncil
19 October 2026 · John Pickhaver for El Segundo City Council · $100 – $199 · 5K+ 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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