The Newport Record

This page ran 43 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 30 September 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $6.8–11.9K of spend, which makes it the 4,443rd largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend took no side. Race: Local. Paid for by California Leadership Today.

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

$9.3K

reported spend, range $6.8–11.9K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$150

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

5 Oct

Spend still counting

2 Nov

Tone

Attack

49%

Promotional

51%

Share of the 39 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

Walter Stahr$2.1K
Stahr$1.3K
Kleiman and Weigand$999
Gerken$847
Gerken and Stahr$150

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

Topics

Security, crime & immigration

85%

Electoral process & turnout

28%

Candidate profile

15%

Economy & cost of living

13%

Corruption & governance

10%

Spend by race: State 1.6%, Local 87%, No specific race 11%.

Spend by ad language: English 94%.

The costliest ads

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

Biden never put 'open our borders' in writing. Walter Stahr did. Prosecutors say a smuggler deported in 2008 was back at Newport Beach Harbor on Oct. 3 to pick up people arriving by boat. A boat carrying 14 was stopped off Newport the same day.
13 October 2026 · The Newport Record · $1–1.5K · 175K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Stahr: "…legislate to OPEN our borders…" Suspected migrants landed in Newport Harbor. Weigand: "…we apprehend these guys."
13 October 2026 · The Newport Record · $1–1.5K · 200K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Still have your ballot? Kleiman called for the holiday curfew. Weigand made the motion. Both are on your ballot. Return it by Nov. 3.
22 October 2026 · The Newport Record · $900 – $999 · 150K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
97% of those arrested in the July 4 riot came from outside Newport. Kleiman and Weigand answered with a holiday curfew.
20 October 2026 · The Newport Record · $800 – $899 · 125K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
402 arrests on July 4. Kleiman and Weigand passed a curfew. Stahr: it violates rights "given to us by our Creator for teenagers."
9 October 2026 · The Newport Record · $300 – $399 · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Erik Weigand wants two cameras at the harbor entrance, watching boats in and out around the clock. Walter Stahr, on his own blog: Republicans should "legislate to OPEN our borders." The capital letters are his. Keep Kleiman and Weigand.
9 October 2026 · The Newport Record · $300 – $399 · 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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