Published July 13, 2026 · Updated with each build
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Finding House · California Democrat

Pan, Richard Dr. FINDING

Seat
H-CA-06
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$687,794 FEC
Campaign site
https://drrichardpan.com (unverified)
Pages scanned
54 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://drrichardpan.com/media  · classifier confidence 0.95 · model fireworks/deepseek-v4-flash

The page explicitly references 'red box messaging' and provides detailed media-buy instructions segmented by voter type and channel, with prescribed message themes. This is classic red-box guidance directing an outside group (super PAC) on advertising strategy, not voter-facing persuasion or a standard press kit.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Important to follow red box messaging and capture “fight” thematic.
    Explicitly references 'red box messaging' and gives thematic directive.
  • Registered Democrats, Democratic leaning NPP voters – need to receive positive messaging about Dr. Pan.
    Segmented audience with directive on what messaging they should receive.
  • Streaming - Blended Top-100 CTV direct voter match 26p4 Dem+/IND/NPP, exclude Rep+ voters
    Channel-specific media-buy instruction with targeting criteria.
  • Youtube - Instant Reservation to secure low CPMs, district-wide geofence targeting voters 18-50
    Further channel and timing instruction for ad placement.
  • Direct mail - 26p4 Dem+/IND/NPP, exclude Rep+ voters
    Another channel with specific targeting, typical of media-buy guidance.
  • Latino voters should see ads on digital including streaming in English and Spanish that:
    Segmented audience with prescribed ad content and language.
Archived screenshot of https://drrichardpan.com/media
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://drrichardpan.com/media · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 17 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $3,498,773 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $50,000 opposing.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S 314 ACTION FUND $3,449,940 15 2026-05-05 – 2026-05-26
O ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND $50,000 1 2026-05-30 – 2026-05-30
S SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $48,833 1 2026-05-26 – 2026-05-26

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.