United States 2026 · Every advertiser
The Milwaukee Mainstay
This page ran 22 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 8 June 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $0 – $2.2K of spend, which makes it the 13,285th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Media. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by Milwaukee Mainstay.
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 ↗
22
ads
$1.1K
reported spend, range $0 – $2.2K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$50
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.
Topics
Spend by race: No specific race 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
🚨 Lowcountry closed its Water Street restaurant on Aug. 30, 2026, after five years in Milwaukee. Silk on Water temporarily closed effective Aug. 28, citing violence and public-safety concerns. Duke’s on Water closed May 15 after 22 years. A Milwaukee commentator argues safety concerns are hurting the district. Lowcountry did not publicly give that reason, and Duke’s ownership said its closure was not caused by safety issues. #WaterStreet #Milwaukee #DowntownMilwaukee 👇
26 October 2026 · The Milwaukee Mainstay · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
🚨 Wisconsin added 19,400 nonfarm jobs from August 2025 to August 2026, including 10,500 construction jobs, according to figures discussed by Milwaukee Mainstay creator Jamiroquan. Several data center projects are underway, but the state says it lacks enough data to determine whether they drove the construction increase. Questions remain about electricity, water use and tax incentives. #WisconsinJobs #Construction #DataCenters 👇
26 October 2026 · The Milwaukee Mainstay · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
🚨 Milwaukee restricted access to its Flock license plate reader system after alleged misuse by police personnel. Former officer Josue Ayala pleaded guilty in one case. Detective Tehrangi Chapman faces charges in another, which remain allegations, and a third officer was under internal investigation. Mayor Cavalier Johnson said access would be limited to MPD supervisors and searches to specified serious crimes and missing-person cases. Milwaukee is also ending other jurisdictions’ access to its
26 October 2026 · The Milwaukee Mainstay · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
🚨 A Milwaukee-based creator discusses reported staffing shortages, delays and growing caseloads in Wisconsin courts. He says a Brown County judge told officials that staff skip lunches and stay late to keep up. Judicial officials say more resources are needed, while funding decisions involve the Legislature and taxpayers. #WisconsinCourts #CourtStaffing #WisconsinLegislature 👇
26 October 2026 · The Milwaukee Mainstay · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
🚨 Milwaukee Public Schools’ Great Schools committee is examining potential school closures and mergers, facility investments, academic programs and funding scenarios. No final school closure decisions have been made. A Sept. 24 MPS board meeting also covered vaccination clinics, school safety and improvements at seven schools. #MPS #MilwaukeeSchools 👇
26 October 2026 · The Milwaukee Mainstay · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
🚨 Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson has proposed a roughly $2.26 billion 2027 city budget with a 2% property tax levy increase. Jamiroquan explains that the proposal includes $19.2 million for road repairs, three police recruit classes and firefighter funding. It would address a roughly $96.8 million structural gap partly through cuts, added revenue, fee increases and a nearly $42.8 million reserve withdrawal. #Milwaukee #CityBudget 👇
26 October 2026 · The Milwaukee Mainstay · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Informational · 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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