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

Baker, Rushern L III FINDING

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 · model fireworks/deepseek-v4-flash

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.
Archived screenshot of https://www.rushernbaker.com/media
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://www.rushernbaker.com/media · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 9 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) 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

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.