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Finding House · New York Democrat

Valdez, Claire FINDING

Seat
H-NY-07
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$1,346,740 FEC
Campaign site
https://clairevaldezforcongress.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
33 · last 2026-06-02

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://clairevaldezforcongress.com/en/media  · classifier confidence 0.92 · model claude-haiku-4-5

This page functions as media-buy guidance to outside spenders. It segments audiences by demographics, geography, and timing; pairs those segments with explicit directives about what messages they 'need to read/see' and on what channels ('on the go,' 'search on the internet'); specifies timing windows (weeks 8-2, weeks 8-end); and lists granular neighborhood and zipcode targets. The 'Core Goals' and 'Key Targets' sections, combined with channel and timing cues, are plainly addressed to whoever will execute paid media, not to voters directly or to the campaign's internal press shop.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Voters need to both read and see on the go that Claire Valdez is endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders.
    Directive pairing specific audience segment ('voters') with prescribed message content and channel ('read and see on the go'), characteristic of media-buy instruction.
  • In weeks 8 - 2, voters need to read our message. In weeks 8 - end voters need to see our message on the go.
    Explicit timing windows (weeks 8-2, weeks 8-end) paired with channel directives ('read,' 'see on the go') are classic media-buy scheduling instructions.
  • In weeks 8 - end, people who search on the internet need to know Claire's name, that she supports abolishing ICE and an end to the genocide in Gaza
    Audience segment ('people who search on the internet') paired with specific message directives and implied digital media-buy instruction.
  • The 2025 mayoral primary electorate needs to receive our message and turn out in this election.
    Segmented audience ('2025 mayoral primary electorate') with directive about what message they 'need to receive,' framed as instruction rather than direct voter persuasion.
  • 2025 mayoral primary voters in the high priority neighborhoods of Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Ridgewood, Sunnyside, and Long Island City, and priority neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Astoria, East Williamsburg, Ozone Park, and City Line
    Granular geographic segmentation ('high priority neighborhoods,' 'priority neighborhoods,' 'priority zipcodes') is a hallmark of media-buy targeting instructions for outside spenders.
  • If resources allow, voters need to see our message in specific places
    Conditional resource language ('if resources allow') paired with geographic targeting is characteristic of media-buy guidance to outside groups with variable budgets.
Archived screenshot of https://clairevaldezforcongress.com/en/media
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://clairevaldezforcongress.com/en/media · Wayback snapshot · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 4 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-06-02; $255,986 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S LEADERS WE DESERVE $175,000 2 2026-05-14 – 2026-05-14
S NEW YORKERS FOR LOWER COSTS $69,986 1 2026-05-15 – 2026-05-15
S JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC $11,000 1 2026-05-26 – 2026-05-26

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.