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Ruslan Shamal for NYS Senate

This page ran 13 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 18 June 2026 and 26 October 2026. Meta reports $6.7–8.8K of spend, which makes it the 5,002nd 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 Russ for Us.

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 ↗

13

ads

$7.7K

reported spend, range $6.7–8.8K

0.0%

of spend on federal races

$450

median spend per ad

Spend by week the ad started

6 Jul
3 Aug
7 Sep
5 Oct
 Spend still counting
2 Nov

Tone

Attack
85%
Promotional
15%

Share of the 13 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.

Most attacked

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton$3.3K
  • Democrat politicians$2.8K
  • The Department of Homeless Services$499
  • our opponent$499

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

Topics

Electoral process & turnout
69%
Candidate profile
62%
Corruption & governance
31%
Security, crime & immigration
31%
Social protection
15%
Economy & cost of living
15%

Spend by race: State 100%.

Spend by ad language: English 99%, Russian 0.6%.

The costliest ads

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

  • These days, there are no good Democrat politicians. Send Ruslan to the NYS Senate. Vote Republican by Tues., Nov. 3.

    22 October 2026 · Ruslan Shamal for NYS Senate · $2.5–3K · 150K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Hochul and Mamdani set the agenda. Scarcella-Spanton falls in line when she votes. Vote Republican and Fire Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

    21 October 2026 · Ruslan Shamal for NYS Senate · $1–1.5K · 30K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Albany Democrats are one seat away from a veto-proof supermajority. That seat is right here. Before you vote, look at the record Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is running on. The DSA does not need her seat. They already have her vote. Elect Ruslan Shamal for State Senate. Republican and Conservative endorsed. He left Belarus because he knows what one-party rule does to a country, and he is not going to Albany to go along.

    13 September 2026 · Ruslan Shamal for NYS Senate · $700 – $799 · 50K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • You’ve heard plenty from people who want your vote. Now hear from Russ Shamal in his own words. Where he came from. Why he’s running. What he’ll fight for in Albany. Then go vote. Early voting runs through Sunday, November 1. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, polls open 6am to 9pm. Find your poll site at vote.nyc. Russ Shamal for State Senate. Republican and Conservative lines.

    26 October 2026 · Ruslan Shamal for NYS Senate · $500 – $599 · 25K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

  • The city is about to move 110 homeless men into the old Gold Star Inn at 3218 Emmons Ave. Right across the street from the playground at Lew Fidler Park. No criminal background checks. The Department of Homeless Services confirmed it. No screening for sex offenses. No screening for violent felonies. Nothing. And to make room, they are kicking out 55 families with children who already live there. With ZERO community input! Sign the petition to stop the conversion of 3218 Emmons Ave.

    22 July 2026 · Ruslan Shamal for NYS Senate · $400 – $499 · 10K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

  • Higher taxes. Soft-on-crime policies. An affordability crisis is crushing Brooklyn and Staten Island families. That's their record, and our opponent votes with the crowd. Ruslan Shamal is running for State Senate to break with the machine and fight for us.

    18 June 2026 · Ruslan Shamal for NYS Senate · $400 – $499 · 6K+ 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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