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

Miller, Donna FINDING

Seat
H-IL-02
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$2,331,833 FEC
Campaign site
https://donnaforcongress.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
37 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

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

The page contains explicit directives for broadcast TV and digital ad placement targeting specific voter segments with a prescribed message about seniors and reproductive rights, along with links to video and photo assets. This is not a standard press kit or voter persuasion page; it is guidance intended for an outside group to run ads, meeting the definition of red-boxing.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • voters need to see broadcast TV and digital ads for the remainder of the primary that focuses on Donna Miller’s support of seniors
    Directive language specifying channel (broadcast TV and digital) and message focus, indicating media-buy guidance.
  • Likely Democratic primary voters who are white voters: especially women, moderates, non-college, older, and outside of Chicago; along with black moderates and black women 55+ need to see TV ads that establish Donna Miller’s deep, unmatched experience on reproductive rights and women’s health
    Segmented audience with specific demographics and a prescribed message theme, typical of red-boxing instructions to outside groups.
  • For video of Donna, please click here. For photos of Donna, please click here.
    Provision of ad assets (video and photos) for use in paid media, supporting the directive nature.
Archived screenshot of https://donnaforcongress.com/media-center
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://donnaforcongress.com/media-center · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 67 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $8,890,491 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $6,997 opposing.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW! (ACN) $8,758,485 48 2026-02-04 – 2026-03-10
S ADPAC INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE $131,624 8 2026-02-25 – 2026-03-06
O THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY $6,347 9 2026-03-10 – 2026-03-16
O PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $650 1 2026-03-31 – 2026-03-31
S DMFI PAC $382 1 2026-02-25 – 2026-02-25

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.