Finding House · California Democrat
Jones, Eric FINDING
Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing
Detected on https://www.ericjones.us/get-the-facts · classifier confidence 0.75 · model fireworks/deepseek-v4-flash
The page contains explicit directives about what voters need to see, hear, and read, along with timing cues ('in coming weeks'), which are characteristic of red-box guidance intended for an outside group that will execute paid media. The language is not directly persuading voters but instructing on media placement and messaging, despite being on the campaign's own site.
Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page
VOTERS NEED TO SEE THE CONTRAST AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHY MIKE ISN’T THE RIGHT CHOICE
Directive language instructing what voters should see, typical of media-buy guidance.In coming weeks, the voters need to WATCH, HEAR AND READ THE CONTRAST between Eric Jones and Mike Thompson
Specifies channels (watch, hear, read) and timing (in coming weeks), indicating media placement instructions.Voters Need to Strongly Know Why Mike Thompson is Part of the Problem.
Prescribed message theme framed as a directive for what voters must know.
Independent-expenditure corroboration
FEC Schedule E · 38 filings
Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $3,572,635 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $1,200,000 opposing.
| Committee | Amount | Filings | Date range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | NEW LEADERSHIP NOW | $3,572,635 | 36 | 2026-04-21 – 2026-05-15 |
| O | BDA PAC | $1,200,000 | 2 | 2026-04-02 – 2026-04-02 |
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.