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

Taylor, Shannon Leigh FINDING

Seat
H-VA-01
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$1,300,040 FEC
Campaign site
https://shannontaylorva.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
48 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

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

The page contains explicit directives about what Democratic primary voters should read and see, segmented by geography (Norfolk DMA) and channel (on the go), along with prescribed message themes about the candidate's record and opponent. This language is addressed to an outside spender (super PAC) to guide paid advertising, not to voters directly or to the campaign's press shop. Therefore, it constitutes red-box guidance.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Starting immediately through Election Day, Democratic primary voters need to read the following information about Shannon Taylor.
    Directive language with a specific time frame and audience, typical of media-buy instructions.
  • While Democratic primary voters districtwide need to read this information, those in the Norfolk DMA need additional reinforcements.
    Geographic segmentation (DMA) indicating targeted media buying for a specific market.
  • voters on the go need to see the same message below.
    Channel-specific instruction ('on the go' implies mobile/outdoor ads) for an outside group to execute.
Archived screenshot of https://shannontaylorva.com/media
Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://shannontaylorva.com/media · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 3 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $99,524 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S SD 2026 $99,524 3 2026-06-30 – 2026-07-06

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.