United States 2026 · Every advertiser

Rick Ator for San Jose City Council

This page ran 15 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 1 May 2026 and 18 May 2026. Meta reports $400 – $1.9K of spend, which makes it the 13,054th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Candidate. Most of its spend took no side. Race: Local. Paid for by RICK ATOR FOR CITY COUNCIL 2026.

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 ↗

15

ads

$1.1K

reported spend, range $400 – $1.9K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$50

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

4 May
1 Jun
6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
40%
Promotional
60%

Share of the 5 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Topics

Candidate profile
60%
Infrastructure & energy
40%

Spend by race: Local 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 22%.

The costliest ads

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

  • Gopher Holes, Horrible park maintenance. We Deserve better Better.

    17 May 2026 · Rick Ator for San Jose City Council · $0 – $99 · 1K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • The future of our city starts here. Rick Ator for City Council. #CityCouncil #rickator #sanjose #D9 #District9 #LeadershipMatters #voterickator #communityfirst

    17 May 2026 · Rick Ator for San Jose City Council · $0 – $99 · 4K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • We deserve better than plastic sticks!

    6 May 2026 · Rick Ator for San Jose City Council · $0 – $99 · 5K+ impressions · 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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Rick Ator for San Jose City Council : political ads on Facebook and Instagram before the 2026 US midterms · Vipima