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Michael Utsumi for Dublin School Board US Inactive

Michael Utsumi for Dublin School Board 2020

Creative removed by Meta
This ad's image was taken down for violating Meta's ad standards; the copy below is preserved from the Ad Library.

Editorial: Vote Pelham in DUSD Area 1, Utsumi in Trustee Area 4

This election offers some DUSD voters the chance to return true leadership stability and a unifying spirit to the Board of Trustees. Those candidates are Kristin Pelham in Area 1 and Michael Utsumi in Area 4.

Ad copy

Thank you Pleasanton Weekly for your endorsement! I sincerely appreciated the opportunity to participate in your candidate forum. "Not only do we see Utsumi as "a champion for all students" (as his campaign slogan states), but as a true advocate for the betterment of the whole district from the Area 4 seat as well." Area 4 community members, I would be honored to have your vote by mail or in-person before or on November 3rd. #achampion4allstudents #utsumi4dusdarea4 https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2020/10/11/editorial-vote-pelham-in-dusd-area-1-utsumi-in-trustee-area-4

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Performance proxies

Overall score23.6/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.0.0 · 34.4 · 1.1 · 58.7
Spend range<USD 99
Impressions1,000 – 1,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 33.01
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live5 (2020-10-14 → 2020-10-19)
Created2020-10-14
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook
Languagesen
CandidateNC — Michael Dublin
Surfaced by“senate:Michael Dublin”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueeducation
Framingpositive candidate
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealneutral
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturednone
Symbolsnone
Call to actionvote
Standout elementRemoved content notice replacing the actual ad creative, signaling a disclaimer compliance failure
TacticThe ad leverages a direct newspaper endorsement quote as social proof to build credibility and trust with local school board voters, but was ultimately removed due to a missing disclaimer.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

California100.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

45-54 · unknown 0.1%
35-44 · female 5.7%
18-24 · male 3.9%
45-54 · female 12.0%
35-44 · male 4.5%
65+ · male 15.5%
55-64 · male 10.6%
55-64 · unknown 0.2%
25-34 · female 2.2%
55-64 · female 11.4%
65+ · female 18.1%
45-54 · male 7.1%
18-24 · female 2.2%
65+ · unknown 0.5%
35-44 · unknown 0.4%
25-34 · male 5.5%

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