Steven Dobesh for Santee School Board Seat #5

This page ran 40 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 18 August 2026 and 25 October 2026. Meta reports $300 – $4.3K of spend, which makes it the 9,715th 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 Steven Dobesh Committee to Elect for Santee School Board 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 $300 – $4.3K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

7 Sep

5 Oct

Spend still counting

2 Nov

Tone

Promotional

89%

Informational

11%

Share of the 27 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Education

67%

Candidate profile

63%

Electoral process & turnout

22%

Economy & cost of living

7.4%

Infrastructure & energy

7.4%

Spend by race: Local 98%, No specific race 2.2%.

Spend by ad language: English 63%.

The costliest ads

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

#santee #santeechamber #santeeteachers
31 August 2026 · Steven Dobesh for Santee School Board Seat #5 · $200 – $299 · 15K+ impressions · Ad Library
Don't be afraid to vote early. Vote Steven Dobesh for School Board Seat 5 - I would be honored to have your support. #santeechamber #santeeschools #santeeschool #santee
13 October 2026 · Steven Dobesh for Santee School Board Seat #5 · $100 – $199 · 7K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
My ballot has been sitting on my desk for a week - Finally mailed it in. Don't forget to mail your ballot in as well or vote on November 3rd.
23 October 2026 · Steven Dobesh for Santee School Board Seat #5 · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
My ballot has been sitting on my next for a week - Finally mailed it in. Don't forget to mail your ballot in as well or vote on November 3rd.
22 October 2026 · Steven Dobesh for Santee School Board Seat #5 · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
🗳️ IT’S TIME TO VOTE 🗳 I’m asking for your vote to be the next Santee School Board Member for Seat 5. If you’re looking for a candidate who will work tirelessly for the betterment of our district and our children, I promise not to let you down. If you believe in the power of parental advocacy and in supporting our amazing teachers so they can focus on teaching our kids, I promise not to let you down. If you’re worried that children are exposed to too much technology in the classroom at too
12 October 2026 · Steven Dobesh for Santee School Board Seat #5 · $0 – $99 · 100+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Vote Early - Vote Now. #santee This is my pledge that my signs will come down on election night. I know all of the campaign signs are an eye sore, but we are complying with the municipal code and its a necessary evil. #santeeschool #santeeschooldistrict #santeechamber
8 October 2026 · Steven Dobesh for Santee School Board Seat #5 · $0 – $99 · 100+ 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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