Gary Dickson for Assembly

This page ran 3 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 18 October 2026 and 21 October 2026. Meta reports $100 – $397 of spend, which makes it the 19,356th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend was on the Republicans’ side. Race: State. Paid for by Dickson for Assembly.

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

$249

reported spend, range $100 – $397

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

Spend still counting

2 Nov

Tone

Attack

33%

Promotional

67%

Share of the 3 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

Pat Burke$50

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

Topics

Candidate profile

100%

Health

33%

Spend by race: State 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 100%.

The costliest ads

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

I’ve spent my career serving our community—in the U.S. Army, the FBI, and now as West Seneca Town Supervisor. This graphic highlights the differences between my opponent and me. Take a look at where we stand.
18 October 2026 · Gary Dickson for Assembly · $100 – $199 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Is Pat Burke capable of telling the truth? It's a serious question. He lied about suing power companies and now he lied about supporting women. On Instagram on October 2, 2026, a group supporting the bill on voluntary intoxication exclusion identified Burke as one of the people who do not support the bill and encouraged supporters to call him and the other holdouts. As a reminder, Burke said about this bill: “me and my colleagues call this the ruining drunk sex bill." The 142nd Assembly Di
21 October 2026 · Gary Dickson for Assembly · $0 – $99 · 6K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Before serving as West Seneca Town Supervisor, I was an FBI agent. These days, I’ve traded investigations for conversations at your doorstep and around town but, my commitment to serving and protecting people hasn’t changed. I’m running for State Assembly to bring that same commitment to Albany, and listening to you is where it starts. What issue matters most to you and your family? Let me know in the comments. 👇
19 October 2026 · Gary Dickson for Assembly · $0 – $99 · 5K+ impressions · Promotional · 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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