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Joseph Baldacci 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-ME-02
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary+contested_general
FEC receipts
$664,203 FEC
Campaign site
https://baldacciforcongress.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
28 · last 2026-07-28

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://baldacciforcongress.com/resources  · classifier confidence 0.92

  1. First detectedJuly 9, 2026

The page combines directive language ('need to see') with a specific media market ('Portland media market') and downloadable b-roll, all of which are standard red-boxing signals intended to guide an outside group's independent expenditures. The audience is not voters or press but an entity that can act on the media-buy and asset instructions.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Democratic primary voters, especially but not exclusively in the Portland media market, need to see that Jordan Wood is a multimillionaire DC political operative
    Directive language specifying a geographic media market and audience segment, instructing an outside spender on what voters should see.
  • Click below to download approved high-resolution images and b-roll for Joe Baldacci’s campaign for Congress.
    Provisioning of ad-ready assets (b-roll) for use in paid media, a classic red-boxing signal.
Archived screenshot of https://baldacciforcongress.com/resources
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A PROVEN WINNER FOR MAINE 02

LAST UPDATED: MAY 30, 2026

VOTERS IN THE 2ND DISTRICT NEED TO KNOW:

Maine Democrats need a nominee with a record of winning while standing firm on our values. That’s Joe Baldacci.

 

Joe Baldacci has taken on Paul LePage and won (Bangor Daily News, 10/13/22), and now he’s running to stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran and devastating cuts to healthcare.

 

Democratic primary voters, especially but not exclusively in the Portland media market, need to see that Jordan Wood is a multimillionaire DC political operative who has made hundreds of thousands of dollars from a lobbying firm and “sits at the nexus of a spam PAC network” that has targeted seniors (Dropsite, 8/26/25).

 

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Joe Baldacci for Congress
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A PROVEN WINNER
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To win the House and protect our Democratic values, we need a candidate who knows how to win in Maine. Joe Baldacci has never lost an election because he puts Mainers first.
Last Updated: May 30, 2026
Voters in the 2nd District need to know:
Joe Baldacci has taken on Paul LePage and won (
Bangor Daily News, 10/13/22)
, and now he’s running to stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran and devastating cuts to healthcare.
Democratic primary voters, especially but not exclusively in the Portland media market, need to see that Jordan Wood is a
multimillionaire
DC political operative who has made hundreds of thousands of dollars from a
lobbying firm
and “sits at the nexus of a spam PAC network” that has
targeted seniors
(
Dropsite, 8/26/25
).
Official Campaign Resources
Click below to download approved high-resolution images and b-roll for Joe Baldacci’s campaign for Congress.
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Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 23 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected on 2026-07-09; $1,933,723 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $994,295 opposing.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S PROJECT 218 $1,933,723 14 2026-05-19 – 2026-06-05
O REAL CHANGE PAC $994,295 9 2026-05-22 – 2026-06-24

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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