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

Dembo, Zach FINDING

Seat
H-KY-06
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$956,430 FEC
Campaign site
https://zachdembo.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
50 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

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

The page is titled 'Media' but functions as red-box guidance: it instructs an outside spender on which channels (MSNBC, CNN, Meta, YouTube, streaming) to use, what message to run, when to start (mid-April through Election Day), and provides ad assets. This is not a press kit or voter persuasion; it is a directive for independent expenditure advertising.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Voters need to see on MSNBC and CNN and digital platforms like Meta, YouTube, and streaming platforms that Zach Dembo is a 9th generation Kentuckian, Navy veteran, former senior advisor to Andy Beshear and former federal prosecutor who will take on corruption in Washington.
    Directive specifying channels and message for paid media, addressed to an outside group that will run ads.
  • Note: Communication should start in mid-April and continue through Election Day. Most voters in Kentucky vote on Election Day May 19, 2026.
    Timing and geography guidance for media buy, a classic red-boxing signal.
  • Photos Included Here & B-Roll Located Here
    Provisioning of ad assets (photos and b-roll) for use in paid communications.
Archived screenshot of https://zachdembo.com/media
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://zachdembo.com/media · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 14 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $572,929 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S VOTEVETS $467,933 8 2026-04-27 – 2026-05-01
S SERVANT-LEADER FUND, INC. $104,995 6 2026-03-13 – 2026-03-23

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.