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Ryan Crosswell FINDING

This candidate was defeated in the primary, so the candidacy has ended. The finding below was detected and archived while the campaign was live and remains on the ledger as a historical record.
Seat
H-PA-07
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary+contested_general
FEC receipts
$1,872,528 FEC
Campaign site
https://ryancrosswell.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
95 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://ryancrosswell.com/media  · classifier confidence 0.95

  1. First detectedJuly 9, 2026

The page contains a clear directive that tells an outside spender which voter segment to target, on which platforms, and with what message. This is not a press release or voter-facing content; it is guidance for paid media placement, meeting the definition of red-boxing.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Democratic primary voters over 50 need to see video content on YouTube and Meta that tells them that Ryan Crosswell is a former federal prosecutor who had the courage to take on Donald Trump, and he’ll do it again in Congress.
    Directive specifying audience (Democratic primary voters over 50), platforms (YouTube and Meta), and message to be delivered, which is a classic red-box instruction for an outside group to run ads.
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Last Updated: May 14th, 2026

Democratic primary voters over 50 need to see video content on YouTube and Meta that tells them that Ryan Crosswell is a former federal prosecutor who had the courage to take on Donald Trump, and he’ll do it again in Congress.

Ryan Crosswell spent over ten years as a federal prosecutor and never planned to run for office. But when Trump tried to force Ryan to drop a corruption case against one of his cronies, as part of his plan to use the Department of Justice to help his friends and target his enemies, Ryan refused, resigned in protest, and testified in Congress to expose how Trump was weaponizing the DOJ.
“And every citizen who values democracy must have a line in the sand that cannot be crossed” – Ryan Crosswell, Congressional Testimony (4/7/25)
“Read federal prosecutor Ryan Crosswell’s resignation letter, in which he wrote ‘I can no longer serve the Department that I love.’” – The Washington Post (3/6/25)
“Crosswell calling for prosecutors and frankly everyday Americans to take a stand for what they believe is right” – CNN (4/7/25)


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For more information about Ryan’s path to victory, click here.

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Ryan Crosswell is a Democrat running for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th District. He grew up in Pennsylvania and served his nation in the United States Marine Corps, as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and in the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section. Support Ryan’s campaign by making a donation or signing up to volunteer today. 

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Allentown, PA 18105



PAID FOR BY CROSSWELL FOR CONGRESS. RYAN CROSSWELL IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. ANY USE OF PHOTOS OR RANK DO NOT IMPLY THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE MARINE CORPS OR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. COPYRIGHT 2025. PRIVACY POLICY.

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“And every citizen who values democracy must have a line in the sand that cannot be crossed” – Ryan Crosswell, Congressional Testimony (
4/7/25
)
“Read federal prosecutor Ryan Crosswell’s resignation letter, in which he wrote ‘I can no longer serve the Department that I love.’” – The Washington Post (
3/6/25
)
“Crosswell calling for prosecutors and frankly everyday Americans to take a stand for what they believe is right” – CNN (
4/7/25
)
More info can be found
here
.
For more information about Ryan’s path to victory, click
here
.
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Ryan Crosswell is a Democrat running for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th District. He grew up in Pennsylvania and served his nation in the United States Marine Corps, as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and in the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section. Support Ryan’s campaign by
making a donation
or
signing up to volunteer
today.
Contributions can be mailed to:
Paid for by Crosswell for Congress. Ryan Crosswell is a former member of the United States Marine Corps. Any use of photos or rank do not imply the endorsement of the Marine Corps or Department of Defense.
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Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 25 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected on 2026-07-09; $103,003 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $709,655 opposing.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
O LEAD LEFT PAC $624,744 14 2026-05-05 – 2026-05-18
S INTEGRITY PAC $103,003 9 2026-04-30 – 2026-05-16
O RENEW NORTHEAST PAC $84,912 2 2026-05-07 – 2026-05-07

S Supporting O Opposing

FEC filings can be trailing evidence — smaller expenditures may surface only in periodic reports. Supporting IE dated on or after our detection day: $0. Dates are FEC expenditure dates.

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