Finding House · Maine Democrat
Baldacci, Joseph FINDING
Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing
Detected on https://baldacciforcongress.com/resources · classifier confidence 0.92 · model fireworks/deepseek-v4-flash
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.
Independent-expenditure corroboration
FEC Schedule E · 23 filings
Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $1,933,723 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $994,295 opposing.
| Committee | Amount | Filings | Date 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
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.