Published September 7, 2026 · Updated with each build
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Dan Tully FINDING

This candidate was defeated in the primary, so the candidacy has ended. The finding below was detected and archived while the campaign was live and remains on the ledger as a historical record.
Seat
H-IL-08
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary+contested_general
FEC receipts
$727,932 FEC
Campaign site
https://dantully.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
134 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://dantully.com/about-the-race  · classifier confidence 0.95

  1. First detectedJuly 9, 2026

The page contains explicit directives about who should see the message, on which channels, and when — all hallmarks of red-box guidance intended for an outside group (super PAC) to execute paid media. The language is not voter-facing persuasion but rather instructions for ad placement and targeting. Standard press kit elements (media, photos) are present but secondary to the directive content.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Democrats in Illinois’ 8th Congressional District who watch broadcast television and cable need to see why Dan Tully is the best candidate to stand up for our values in Washington starting in early February.
    Directive specifying audience (Democrats in IL-08), channel (broadcast TV/cable), and timing (early February) — classic media-buy instruction.
  • 2/ 4 Democratic Primary voters should start seeing this message on digital mediums starting in the last week of January.
    Directive specifying audience (2/4 Democratic Primary voters), channel (digital mediums), and timing (last week of January) — clear red-box guidance.
  • All Democratic voters in the 8th CD need this information, but none more than seniors, women and Latino voters.
    Segmented audience targeting (seniors, women, Latino voters) with an implied instruction to prioritize those groups in ad delivery.
Archived screenshot of https://dantully.com/about-the-race
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DONATE TO SUPPORT DAN TULLY FOR CONGRESS IL-08
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WHAT VOTERS NEED TO KNOW
About the Race

Democrats in Illinois’ 8th Congressional District who watch broadcast television and cable need to see why Dan Tully is the best candidate to stand up for our values in Washington starting in early February.

Dan Tully is an Army Reserve Major with the integrity we need now in Washington. Dan resigned from a civil service job in Washington in protest of Trump’s illegal power grabs.

He is the only candidate with a detailed plan to hold this administration accountable, including:

Reining in ICE
Banning self-pardons
Prosecuting Hegseth and other cabinet members who carry out illegal orders
Making the Justice department fully independent

Dan will tackle MAGA corruption head on so we can focus on what matters – lowering costs for working people by cracking down on corporate greed.

2/ 4 Democratic Primary voters should start seeing this message on digital mediums starting in the last week of January.

All Democratic voters in the 8th CD need this information, but none more than seniors, women and Latino voters.

Read Dan Tully's Trump Accountability Plan Here
Read Dan Tully's Trump Accountability Plan Here
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Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 10 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected on 2026-07-09; $241,175 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S SERVANT-LEADER FUND, INC. $241,175 10 2026-01-08 – 2026-01-23

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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