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

Hamawy, Adam FINDING

Seat
H-NJ-12
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$1,028,937 FEC
Campaign site
https://hamawyfornj.com (unverified)
Pages scanned
20 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

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

The page contains detailed media-buy instructions segmented by voter demographics, timing, and channel (cable, digital, mail), along with asset provisioning and a required disclaimer for ad use. This is not standard voter-facing content or press kit material; it is clearly guidance directed at an outside group that will run paid advertising, meeting the definition of red-boxing.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Core voters need to see on cable and see on the go our positive bio messaging reinforced.
    Segmented audience (core voters) with channel-specific media-buy instructions (cable, on the go).
  • Voters over 50 need to read our persuasion message.
    Segmented audience (voters over 50) with directive to 'read' (likely mail or digital) – a media-buy instruction.
  • Read 1: bio Read 2: bio + Voters need to read that Dr. Adam Hamawy has a long standing relationship with Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman
    Prescribed message themes with numbered 'Read' items, indicating sequential ad messaging guidance.
  • Late (weeks 2 to 0): Core voters need to see on cable and see on the go our closing message.
    Timing (weeks 2 to 0) combined with channel instructions – typical red-box timing and media-buy cues.
  • Voters under 50, AAPI, Latino, and Middle Eastern voters need to read, multiple times, and see on the go that they’re being socially pressured to vote
    Highly segmented audience with specific message and channel (read, on the go) – clear red-box directive.
  • The campaign will be focused on medium to light amounts of cable, a light amount of digital with the hope of closing out with voters seeing our messaging broadly in the NY media market.
    Explicit media-buy strategy (cable, digital, NY media market) – guidance for outside spenders.
  • Assets: Photos - 5/10 (Bernie + Duckworth updates) Videos - 5/6 (Bernie update) New footage - 5/1
    Asset provisioning with dates, typical of red-box guidance for ad production.
  • *The following disclaimer is required on any material if assets with military uniform are used: Adam Hamawy is a former member of the U.S. Army. Photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of Defense or the U.S. Army.
    Legal disclaimer for ad use – indicates these assets are intended for paid media.
Archived screenshot of https://hamawyfornj.com/media
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Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 24 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $3,610,192 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP) $3,107,690 8 2026-04-22 – 2026-05-15
S MEDICARE FOR ALL $300,950 4 2026-05-22 – 2026-05-29
S JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC $191,329 4 2026-05-05 – 2026-05-22
S UNITY & JUSTICE FUND $5,223 7 2026-05-26 – 2026-05-31
S CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC) $5,000 1 2026-05-27 – 2026-05-27

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.