United States 2026 · Every advertiser
Don't Double Our Gas Tax
This page ran 4 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 13 July 2026 and 2 October 2026. Meta reports $1.1–1.5K of spend, which makes it the 12,301st largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by Carl Hasselback .
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 ↗
4
ads
$1.3K
reported spend, range $1.1–1.5K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$350
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 4 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Erie County$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: No specific race 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Every time you fill up your tank, you're paying more than you may realize. Many Erie County residents don't know that our county uses a percentage-based gas tax. As gas prices rise, so does the amount of tax you pay at the pump. We see firsthand how higher fuel costs affect working families, commuters, truck drivers and local businesses every day. Learn how this tax works, why it matters and what you can do to make your voice heard.
16 July 2026 · Don't Double Our Gas Tax · $500 – $599 · 70K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Higher gas prices aren't the only reason you're paying more at the pump. It all adds up over weeks, months and years for families, small businesses, commuters and the truck drivers who keep goods moving across Western New York. We believe everyone deserves to understand why they're paying more at the pump. We've created a simple resource that explains the issue and shows you how to make your voice heard. Take a few minutes to learn more.
13 July 2026 · Don't Double Our Gas Tax · $500 – $599 · 80K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
No county in New York State has a higher percentage-based local gas tax rate than Erie County’s 4.75%. Unlike a fixed cents-per-gallon tax, Erie County’s local tax is calculated as a percentage of the taxable price of fuel. That means the amount of local tax paid increases as fuel prices rise. Learn more about how Erie County’s gas tax works and what it means at the pump.
2 October 2026 · Don't Double Our Gas Tax · $100 – $199 · 9K+ 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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