Finding House · Maryland Democrat
Baker, Rushern L III FINDING
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.
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 | Amount | Filings | Date 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.