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Finding House · New York Democrat

Lasher, Micah Charles FINDING

Seat
H-NY-12
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$2,621,078 FEC
Campaign site
https://micahlasher.com (verified)
Pages scanned
62 · last 2026-06-02

Change history

Put-up / take-down events detected across re-scans. A box removed after it draws attention is itself a recorded signal — the archived evidence is preserved regardless.

  • 2026-06-02Guidance changed — Previously-detected guidance on this page changed between scans. https://micahlasher.com/media

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://micahlasher.com/media  · classifier confidence 0.95 · model claude-haiku-4-5

This page functions as red-box guidance by explicitly segmenting Democratic primary voters by demographics (age, gender) and geography (City Council District 3), then prescribing specific messages, themes, and media channels ('on the go', 'in their mailboxes', 'on the news', 'in specific places') that each segment 'should see' or 'need to read'. The language uses directive framing ('should see', 'need to read') rather than direct voter persuasion, and includes channel/timing cues and a dated update cadence typical of media-buy instruction documents.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • All likely Democratic Primary voters should see (particularly during high visibility events and on the news), and see on the go, that while most politicians just talk, Micah Lasher went to Minnesota to stand up to ICE
    Segmented audience (likely Democratic Primary voters) paired with explicit directives about what they 'should see' and channel/timing cues ('during high visibility events and on the news', 'on the go') that function as media-buy instructions.
  • Younger Democratic primary voters should see while on the go and in their mailboxes that Micah Lasher wants billionaires to pay their fair share
    Specific demographic segment (younger Democratic primary voters) with prescribed message themes and channel directives ('on the go and in their mailboxes') indicating where and how to reach them.
  • Women likely to vote in the Democratic primary should read, see in specific places, and see while on the go that on the state level, Micah helped pass ironclad abortion protections
    Segmented audience (women likely to vote in Democratic primary) with explicit instructions about what they 'should read' and 'see' paired with channel/geography cues ('in specific places', 'on the go').
  • All voters in City Council District 3 and voters under the age of 40 across the district need to read about
    Specific geographic and demographic targeting (City Council District 3, under age 40) with directive language about what voters 'need to read', functioning as audience segmentation for media placement.
  • Voters should know, in clear and bold language and imagery, about the endorsements Micah has received
    Prescribed messaging instruction specifying format ('clear and bold language and imagery') and content focus (endorsements), written as directive rather than direct voter persuasion.
  • Updated 05/26, more updates to follow on 06/01
    Dated update cadence with 'more to follow' language implying ongoing instruction updates, typical of media-buy guidance documents.
Archived screenshot of https://micahlasher.com/media
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://micahlasher.com/media · Wayback snapshot · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 39 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-05-30; $9,384,881 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S STAND FOR NEW YORK PAC $9,384,881 39 2026-03-05 – 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.