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

Altman, Susan Copius FINDING

Seat
H-NJ-12
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$490,068 FEC
Campaign site
https://suealtman.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
20 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

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

The page is a media kit that includes a 'Summary' section explicitly instructing what ads should say and on which platforms (broadcast, cable, digital, streaming, mail) to reach Democratic primary voters. This is classic red-box guidance intended for outside groups to execute paid media, not a press release or voter-facing content.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Democratic primary voters across the district need to see ads on broadcast, cable, digital and streaming platforms, and read in the mail that:
    Directive specifying media channels and audience for paid advertising, a key red-boxing signal.
  • Sue Altman has been fighting Republicans and powerful political insiders her entire career.
    Prescribed message theme for ads, written as an instruction rather than voter persuasion.
  • She took on Republican Governor Chris Christie when he was attacking teachers and defunding New Jersey’s public schools.
    Specific contrast framing provided as ad content guidance.
Archived screenshot of https://suealtman.com/media-kit
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://suealtman.com/media-kit · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 15 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $787,480 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $148,793 opposing.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S PROJECT 218 $787,480 6 2026-05-26 – 2026-05-27
O FLORENCE AVENUE INITIATIVE INC. $135,293 5 2026-05-13 – 2026-05-26
O CITIZENS AGAINST AIPAC CORRUPTION $13,500 4 2026-05-29 – 2026-05-29

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.