United States 2026 · Every advertiser
Team Welch
This page ran 23 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 2 July 2026 and 15 October 2026. Meta reports $8.5–12K of spend, which makes it the 4,173rd largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend was on the Democrats’ side. Race: Local. Paid for by Ken Welch for Mayor of St. Petersburg.
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 ↗
23
ads
$10.2K
reported spend, range $8.5–12K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$350
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 22 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Charlie Crist$298
- Former Governor Crist$250
- Charlies$150
- Crist$150
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: State 3.4%, Local 89%, No specific race 7.8%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Endorsed by local law enforcement. Standing strong for St. Pete.
14 July 2026 · Team Welch · $1.5–2K · 175K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
No blank checks for billionaires. No bad deals for taxpayers. The time is now for action.
2 July 2026 · Ken Welch for St. Petersburg Mayor · $1–1.5K · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
The people who keep our city running. The neighbors who fight for every community.
21 July 2026 · Team Welch · $800 – $899 · 100K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Ballots must be RECEIVED by 7 PM Aug 18. Postmarks don't count.
21 July 2026 · Team Welch · $500 – $599 · 60K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
For Mayor Ken Welch, the Gas Plant promise is personal. And it’s finally being kept.
21 July 2026 · Team Welch · $500 – $599 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
FOX 13 was ready to host a live, televised debate for mayor of St. Pete. Ken said yes. Former Governor Crist said no. Voters deserve to compare the candidates side by side before ballots arrive. Both candidates spoke at the Tampa Bay Breakfast Club last Friday, so watch the full video and judge for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/live/dR5-6NqdDQQ Ken has done the work and will keep doing it. Learn more at kenwelch.com. #KeepKen #StPete #StPeteFL
5 October 2026 · Team Welch · $200 – $299 · 50K+ 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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