United States 2026 · Every advertiser

Scott Hughes for San Jose

This page ran 8 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 4 May 2026 and 4 May 2026. Meta reports $2.5–3.3K of spend, which makes it the 8,664th 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 Scott Hughes for San José City Council District 9 2026 FPPC# 1481781.

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

$2.9K

reported spend, range $2.5–3.3K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$300

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

4 May
1 Jun
6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Promotional
100%

Share of the 8 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Candidate profile
100%
Electoral process & turnout
100%
Infrastructure & energy
100%

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.

  • Vote Scott Hughes for San Jose City Council District 9! He’s the current Chief of Staff to the District 9 office and has been serving our district for over 12 years. He’s helped residents navigate city services, championing projects that make our neighborhoods cleaner, safer, and more vibrant. He has a record of results and a vision for the future. On June 2nd or by mail, vote Scott Hughes!

    4 May 2026 · Scott Hughes for San Jose · $800 – $899 · 80K+ 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.

Back to the United States report, both parties and every candidate or every advertiser.

Scott Hughes for San Jose: political ads on Facebook and Instagram before the 2026 US midterms · Vipima