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Senator Bill Stanley

This page ran 7 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 6 May 2026 and 17 July 2026. Meta reports $700 – $1.4K of spend, which makes it the 13,389th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by William M. Stanley.

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 ↗

7

ads

$1K

reported spend, range $700 – $1.4K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

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

Attack
43%
Promotional
57%

Share of the 7 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Governor Spanberger$150
  • Danville Humane Society$50
  • Danville "Humane" Society$50

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

Topics

Corruption & governance
43%
Other
29%
Security, crime & immigration
14%
Health
14%
Economy & cost of living
14%
Electoral process & turnout
14%

Spend by race: Ballot measures 24%, No specific race 76%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

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

  • The Attorney General claims our Washington County injunction only covers a few counties. That's wrong. The Court enjoined enforcement of the Firearms Ban and Magazine Ban (SB 749 / HB 217) as a violation of Article I, Section 13 — against any person, anywhere in Virginia. Your right to keep and bear these arms is protected for the next twelve months while the case proceeds. — Sen. Bill Stanley

    1 July 2026 · Senator Bill Stanley · $400 – $499 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • We won! Redistricting vote nullified! "We hold that the legislative process employed to advance this proposal violated Article XII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia. This constitutional violation incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy."

    8 May 2026 · Senator Bill Stanley · $200 – $299 · 35K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • PLEASE WATCH: If you want to know why prescription drugs are so high, this video helps explain the system. Why would Governor Spanberger veto a bill that could have helped lead to lower prescription drug costs? What happened to "Affordability"? PBS "Life in the Heartland Season 3 Episode 3" https://www.pbs.org/video/community-health-81gt8o/

    4 June 2026 · Senator Bill Stanley · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • PLEASE READ: “The revelation that Ms. Dean submitted false records to the Danville police in her role as the humane investigator is both shocking and disappointing,” [Sen. Bill] Stanley said Thursday. “However, I think this demonstrates one of the many symptoms of the disease that is pervasive at the Danville Humane Society, in my opinion.” Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Franklin County, has been publicly critical of the shelter since April, when it euthanized a beloved dog named Eve, who should have been

    17 July 2026 · Senator Bill Stanley · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Today the Commonwealth’s attempt to sidestep the courtroom failed.The panel said no. We look forward to finishing what we started!

    6 July 2026 · Senator Bill Stanley · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • WE DID IT FOR EVE’S SAKE: Still pretty ticked off about Danville “Humane” and what they did to Eve, but when my staff and I heard that the Franklin County Humane Society was in dire need of food for their dogs and cats, we rushed over there today with a couple hundred pounds of food for their rescues. A great bunch of people over there who do rescue right. We really enjoyed meeting with them and visiting with the animals. There are a lot of great dogs and cats available for adoption, so go over

    6 May 2026 · Senator Bill Stanley · $0 – $99 · 3K+ 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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Senator Bill Stanley: political ads on Facebook and Instagram before the 2026 US midterms · Vipima