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Finding House · Maryland Democrat

Rushern L Baker III 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-MD-05
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$369,665 FEC
Campaign site
https://www.rushernbaker.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
115 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://www.rushernbaker.com/media  · classifier confidence 0.95

  1. First detectedJuly 9, 2026

The page contains explicit media-buy instructions: specific radio stations, timing (weeks and month), audience segments (MD-5, Black voters over 50, Prince George's County), and prescribed messages. It also offers downloadable images and b-roll for ad production. This is classic red-box guidance directed at an outside group that will run paid advertising, not a press release or voter-facing content.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • The first priority is that voters in MD-5 need to hear the following message on Praise 92.7, WHUR 96.3, Majic 102.3, and WTOP during Week 2 (top priority) and Week 1 (second priority).
    Specifies radio stations, timing, and audience for a paid media buy.
  • Voters need to hear three things from an older Black woman: First, that Rushern Baker has already proven he can turn a crisis around...
    Prescribes the exact message and spokesperson type for the ad.
  • The second priority is that voters in MD-5, especially those in Prince George's County and Black voters over 50, need to see streaming/digital and linear (broadcast, MSNBC, radio) in the month of June with the following message:
    Specifies channels, audience segments, and timing for a second media buy.
  • View Images DOWNLOAD IMAGES View B-Roll DOWNLOAD VIDEO
    Provides downloadable ad assets (images and b-roll) for outside groups to use.
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Updated May 20: 

The first priority is that voters in MD-5 need to hear the following message on Praise 92.7, WHUR 96.3, Majic 102.3, and WTOP during Week 2 (top priority) and Week 1 (second priority). 

Voters need to hear three things from an older Black woman: First, that Rushern Baker has already proven he can turn a crisis around — he did it in Prince George's County, and now the country needs that same leadership in Congress. Second, that experience matters when it comes to getting results and standing up to Trump.  And third, Baker answers to people, not special interests and this race is a choice: the establishment has their candidate, but voters have theirs. Real leadership isn't about who the powerful choose. It's about who fights for us.

The second priority is that voters in MD-5, especially those in Prince George's County and Black voters over 50, need to see streaming/digital and linear (broadcast, MSNBC, radio) in the month of June with the following message:

With so much under attack by Trump, there’s no time for on-the-job training. Rushern Baker is a proven leader with a record of taking on Trump and getting things done. As two-term Prince George’s County Executive, Baker brokered the deal that brought a new regional hospital to serve Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland, ensuring access to quality healthcare in our community. He also created thousands of good-paying jobs. In Congress, Baker will take on Trump and lower costs for Maryland families. 

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Check contributions can be made out to Rushern Baker for Congress at the address of our Campaign Treasurer’s office at 9646 Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

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Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 9 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected on 2026-07-09; $221,098 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S SERVANT-LEADER FUND, INC. $221,098 9 2026-05-08 – 2026-06-08

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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