Finding House · North Carolina Democrat
Foushee, Valerie FINDING
Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing
Detected on https://valeriefoushee.com/media · classifier confidence 0.90 · model fireworks/deepseek-v4-flash
The page contains two explicit directives instructing that specific messages be shown to Democratic primary voters on broadcast television and streaming, with urgency ('IMMEDIATELY', 'As soon as possible'). This language is addressed to an outside spender who would place the ads, not to voters directly or to the campaign's own press shop. The presence of a 'Media Kit' and 'Downloadable Video' section further supports that this is guidance for independent expenditure groups.
Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page
Democratic primary voters in North Carolina’s 4th congressional district need to see IMMEDIATELY on broadcast television and streaming that:
Directive language specifying audience, channel, and timing for paid media, typical of red-box guidance.As soon as possible, Democratic primary voters across North Carolina’s 4th congressional district need to see on TV that:
Another directive with urgency and channel specification, reinforcing media-buy instructions.
Independent-expenditure corroboration
FEC Schedule E · 35 filings
Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $4,744,840 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $483,800 opposing.
| Committee | Amount | Filings | Date range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | JOBS AND DEMOCRACY PAC | $3,234,317 | 11 | 2026-02-19 – 2026-02-23 |
| S | ARTICLE ONE PAC | $1,200,000 | 2 | 2026-02-23 – 2026-02-24 |
| O | JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC | $436,800 | 8 | 2026-01-30 – 2026-03-02 |
| S | ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND | $300,000 | 4 | 2026-02-11 – 2026-02-23 |
| O | CITIZENS AGAINST AIPAC CORRUPTION | $47,000 | 6 | 2026-02-27 – 2026-03-02 |
| S | ADVANCE NORTH CAROLINA | $10,513 | 3 | 2026-02-14 – 2026-03-03 |
| S | SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION | $10 | 1 | 2026-01-09 – 2026-01-09 |
S Supporting O Opposing
Schedule E is corroboration, not the trigger — a filed expenditure is late evidence, and our detection timestamp reflects when we crawled, which can lag the actual posting. Supporting IE dated on or after our detection day: $0. Dates are FEC expenditure dates.