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Finding House · California Democrat

Jake Levine FINDING

Seat
H-CA-32
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$2,739,028 FEC
Campaign site
https://www.jakelevineforcongress.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
148 · last 2026-09-03

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://www.jakelevineforcongress.com/gallery  · classifier confidence 0.95

  1. First detectedJuly 9, 2026
  2. Page updatedJuly 28, 2026
  3. Page updatedAugust 17, 2026

The page, though under a 'Media' section, contains explicit media-buy instructions rather than a standard press kit. It specifies audience segments, timing (Week 4), and channels (on the go, cable, mail) for delivering attack messages against an opponent, which is the hallmark of red-boxing. The directives are addressed to whoever runs paid advertising, not to voters or journalists.

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  • Primary voters need to see on the go and via mail that despite sitting on the committee tasked with regulating the financial industry, Sherman has taken more than $1.6 million from securities, banking, private equity, and payday lending interests
    Directive language with channel instructions ('on the go and via mail') aimed at an outside spender, not voters or press.
  • Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail, that Brad Sherman has spent 30 years in Congress and passed only four bills
    Segmented audiences (women over 55, high-information voters, seniors) paired with timing ('Week 4') and channel-specific media-buy instructions (on the go, cable, mail).
  • Voters especially need to see on the go, on cable, and in the mail that the contrast is clear
    Prescribed message themes and channel directives that function as ad-buy guidance for an independent expenditure group.
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Jake Levine is running as a new generation of leadership: a clean energy leader and national security official, a nonprofit founder, and a new dad focused on lowering costs for working families, expanding affordable housing, protecting fire survivors, and standing up to corporate power.

Brad Sherman has been in office for 30 years and out of step with California’s Democratic primary voters. Primary voters need to see on the go and via mail that despite sitting on the committee tasked with regulating the financial industry, Sherman has taken more than $1.6 million from securities, banking, private equity, and payday lending interests, While sitting on the House Foreign Affairs committee, Sherman has taken $250,000 from defense contractors profiting from forever wars, and accepted another $250,000 from insurance companies– the same ones denying and delaying claims for survivors of last year’s fires. 


Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail, that Brad Sherman has spent 30 years in Congress and passed only four bills, two of which were post office renamings, while doing little to modernize the district or move major priorities forward. 


Voters especially need to see on the go, on cable, and in the mail that the contrast is clear: Sherman has spent decades in office and voted for bills that cut support for children and families, healthcare, and education, while protecting military and security funding. Jake Levine is offering a forward-looking, pro-family, pro-affordability agenda that speaks to the needs of today’s Democratic voters.

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Brad Sherman has been in office for 30 years and out of step with California’s Democratic primary voters. Primary voters need to
see on the go and via mail
that despite sitting on the committee tasked with regulating the financial industry, Sherman has taken more than $1.6 million from securities, banking, private equity, and payday lending interests, While sitting on the House Foreign Affairs committee, Sherman has taken $250,000 from defense contractors profiting from forever wars, and accepted another $250,000 from insurance companies– the same ones denying and delaying claims for survivors of last year’s fires.
Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to
see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail,
that Brad Sherman has spent 30 years in Congress and passed only four bills, two of which were post office renamings, while doing little to modernize the district or move major priorities forward.
Voters especially need to
see on the go, on cable, and in the mail
that the contrast is clear: Sherman has spent decades in office and voted for bills that cut support for children and families, healthcare, and education, while protecting military and security funding. Jake Levine is offering a forward-looking, pro-family, pro-affordability agenda that speaks to the needs of today’s Democratic voters.
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Earlier versions of this guidance (2) — archived

Each revision below was archived when it was detected; the current version is shown above. Newest earlier version last.

Version 1 · Live from July 9, 2026 – revised July 28, 2026

  • Primary voters need to see on the go and via mail
  • Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail
  • Voters especially need to see on the go, on cable, and in the mail
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Jake Levine is running as a new generation of leadership: a clean energy leader and national security official, a nonprofit founder, and a new dad focused on lowering costs for working families, expanding affordable housing, protecting fire survivors, and standing up to corporate power.

Brad Sherman has been in office for 30 years and out of step with California’s Democratic primary voters. Primary voters need to see on the go and via mail that despite sitting on the committee tasked with regulating the financial industry, Sherman has taken more than $1.6 million from securities, banking, private equity, and payday lending interests, While sitting on the House Foreign Affairs committee, Sherman has taken $250,000 from defense contractors profiting from forever wars, and accepted another $250,000 from insurance companies– the same ones denying and delaying claims for survivors of last year’s fires. 


Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail, that Brad Sherman has spent 30 years in Congress and passed only four bills, two of which were post office renamings, while doing little to modernize the district or move major priorities forward. 


Voters especially need to see on the go, on cable, and in the mail that the contrast is clear: Sherman has spent decades in office and voted for bills that cut support for children and families, healthcare, and education, while protecting military and security funding. Jake Levine is offering a forward-looking, pro-family, pro-affordability agenda that speaks to the needs of today’s Democratic voters.

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Jake Levine for Congress

PO Box 49290

200 S. Barrington Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90049

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Brad Sherman has been in office for 30 years and out of step with California’s Democratic primary voters. Primary voters need to
see on the go and via mail
that despite sitting on the committee tasked with regulating the financial industry, Sherman has taken more than $1.6 million from securities, banking, private equity, and payday lending interests, While sitting on the House Foreign Affairs committee, Sherman has taken $250,000 from defense contractors profiting from forever wars, and accepted another $250,000 from insurance companies– the same ones denying and delaying claims for survivors of last year’s fires.
Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to
see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail,
that Brad Sherman has spent 30 years in Congress and passed only four bills, two of which were post office renamings, while doing little to modernize the district or move major priorities forward.
Voters especially need to
see on the go, on cable, and in the mail
that the contrast is clear: Sherman has spent decades in office and voted for bills that cut support for children and families, healthcare, and education, while protecting military and security funding. Jake Levine is offering a forward-looking, pro-family, pro-affordability agenda that speaks to the needs of today’s Democratic voters.
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Version 2 · Live from July 28, 2026 – revised August 17, 2026

  • Primary voters need to see on the go and via mail
  • Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail
  • Voters especially need to see on the go, on cable, and in the mail

The next revision added “Primary voters need to see on the go and via mail that despite sitting on the committee tasked with regulating the financial industry, Sherman has taken more than $1.6 million from securities, banking, private equity, and payday lending interests”; “Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail, that Brad Sherman has spent 30 years in Congress and passed only four bills”; “Voters especially need to see on the go, on cable, and in the mail that the contrast is clear”; dropped “Primary voters need to see on the go and via mail”; “Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail”; “Voters especially need to see on the go, on cable, and in the mail”.

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Meet Jake
District CA-32
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MEDIA

Jake Levine is running as a new generation of leadership: a clean energy leader and national security official, a nonprofit founder, and a new dad focused on lowering costs for working families, expanding affordable housing, protecting fire survivors, and standing up to corporate power.

Brad Sherman has been in office for 30 years and out of step with California’s Democratic primary voters. Primary voters need to see on the go and via mail that despite sitting on the committee tasked with regulating the financial industry, Sherman has taken more than $1.6 million from securities, banking, private equity, and payday lending interests, While sitting on the House Foreign Affairs committee, Sherman has taken $250,000 from defense contractors profiting from forever wars, and accepted another $250,000 from insurance companies– the same ones denying and delaying claims for survivors of last year’s fires. 


Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail, that Brad Sherman has spent 30 years in Congress and passed only four bills, two of which were post office renamings, while doing little to modernize the district or move major priorities forward. 


Voters especially need to see on the go, on cable, and in the mail that the contrast is clear: Sherman has spent decades in office and voted for bills that cut support for children and families, healthcare, and education, while protecting military and security funding. Jake Levine is offering a forward-looking, pro-family, pro-affordability agenda that speaks to the needs of today’s Democratic voters.

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PAID FOR BY JAKE LEVINE FOR CONGRESS

Jake Levine for Congress

PO Box 49290

200 S. Barrington Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90049

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Brad Sherman has been in office for 30 years and out of step with California’s Democratic primary voters. Primary voters need to
see on the go and via mail
that despite sitting on the committee tasked with regulating the financial industry, Sherman has taken more than $1.6 million from securities, banking, private equity, and payday lending interests, While sitting on the House Foreign Affairs committee, Sherman has taken $250,000 from defense contractors profiting from forever wars, and accepted another $250,000 from insurance companies– the same ones denying and delaying claims for survivors of last year’s fires.
Starting in Week 4, voters, particularly women over 55, high-information voters and seniors, need to
see on the go and on cable, hear on the go, and see in mail,
that Brad Sherman has spent 30 years in Congress and passed only four bills, two of which were post office renamings, while doing little to modernize the district or move major priorities forward.
Voters especially need to
see on the go, on cable, and in the mail
that the contrast is clear: Sherman has spent decades in office and voted for bills that cut support for children and families, healthcare, and education, while protecting military and security funding. Jake Levine is offering a forward-looking, pro-family, pro-affordability agenda that speaks to the needs of today’s Democratic voters.
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Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 18 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected on 2026-07-09; $438,332 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S NEW ERA LEADERSHIP $388,332 17 2026-05-14 – 2026-05-29
S PAF $50,000 1 2026-05-14 – 2026-05-14

S Supporting O Opposing

FEC filings can be trailing evidence — smaller expenditures may surface only in periodic reports. Supporting IE dated on or after our detection day: $0. Dates are FEC expenditure dates.

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