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

Boafo, Adrian FINDING

Seat
H-MD-05
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$1,137,084 FEC
Campaign site
https://adrianboafo.com (unverified)
Pages scanned
31 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://www.adrianboafo.com/2026updates  · classifier confidence 0.98 · model fireworks/deepseek-v4-flash

The page is explicitly titled 'RED BOX LANGUAGE' and contains detailed instructions for an outside group on what ads to run, on which channels (broadcast, cable, streaming, radio, YouTube, Meta), to which audience (Likely Democratic voters, Likely Dem Primary Voters), and with what message themes (standing up to Trump, record on costs, opponent lies). This matches the definition of red-box guidance, not a press kit or voter persuasion page.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Likely Democratic voters need to see on broadcast, cable, streaming, and Prince George’s County radio that Adrian Boafo is running for Congress to stand up to Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on Maryland families
    Directive specifying audience, channels, and geography for paid media, a key red-box signal.
  • Digital priorities include: Nonskip YouTube video ads targeting Likely Dem Primary Voters ages 35+ district-wide
    Explicit media-buy instruction for digital ads with audience targeting and format.
  • Streaming and social ads, including Meta, targeting Likely Dem Primary Voters
    Further digital channel and audience guidance for outside spending.
Archived screenshot of https://www.adrianboafo.com/2026updates
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://www.adrianboafo.com/2026updates · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 84 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $17,126,937 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S PROTECT PROGRESS $8,553,742 39 2026-05-04 – 2026-06-15
S UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP') $6,972,813 23 2026-05-22 – 2026-06-19
S AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $1,100,000 17 2026-04-07 – 2026-06-17
S ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND $250,000 2 2026-06-08 – 2026-06-16
S PROJECT 218 $250,000 2 2026-06-13 – 2026-06-13
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.