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Finding House · Michigan Democrat

Maasdam, Matthew FINDING

Seat
H-MI-07
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$1,725,856 FEC
Campaign site
https://mattmaasdam.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
66 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://mattmaasdam.com/media  · classifier confidence 0.95 · model fireworks/deepseek-v4-flash

The page, though labeled 'MEDIA KIT,' contains explicit media-buy guidance: it instructs on which markets (Lansing, Detroit, Flint), which channels (digital, connected TV, YouTube, cable), ad lengths (:30 and :15), timing (after Memorial Day), target demographics (women over 40, without college degrees), and messaging tone (aspirational). It also directs that handwritten reviews be shown. This is not a standard press kit or voter persuasion page; it is red-boxing intended for an outside group to execute paid advertising.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • MI-07 Democratic primary voters in the Lansing, Detroit, and Flint markets should begin learning about Matt Maasdam’s record of service to our country via non-skip content on digital platforms, including :30 and :15-second videos on connected TV and YouTube, as soon as possible after Memorial Day.
    Specifies target geography, channel (digital, connected TV, YouTube), ad format (:30 and :15), and timing (after Memorial Day) — classic media-buy instruction.
  • Key targets for digital and streaming, as well as cable, include women – especially those over 40 and those without college degrees – and MI-07 Democratic primary voters in the Detroit, Lansing, and Flint markets broadly.
    Segments audience by demographics and geography for paid media, directing outside spenders on whom to reach.
  • Voters should hear this in an aspirational tone.
    Prescribes the tone of the ad message, a directive for ad creation.
Archived screenshot of https://mattmaasdam.com/media
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://mattmaasdam.com/media · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 7 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $929,457 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S VOTEVETS $911,934 5 2026-06-18 – 2026-07-08
S HEALTHCARE FOR ACTION PAC $17,523 2 2026-07-07 – 2026-07-07

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.