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

Garcia, Sylvia R FINDING

Seat
H-TX-29
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$903,166 FEC
Campaign site
https://sylviaforcongress.com (unverified)
Pages scanned
22 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

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

The page contains explicit directives for different voter segments (Democratic primary voters in the new 29th district, African American women, Latino/a turnout targets) specifying channels (digital/streaming ads, YouTube, 'on the go'), geography (zip codes), and message themes (health care, Social Security, tariffs, endorsements). This language is addressed to an outside group that will run paid advertising, not to voters or the press. The inclusion of a 'Last Updated' date and vote record details further supports its function as ongoing media-buy guidance.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • Democratic Primary voters in the correct, new 29th district lines need to see digital and streaming ads amplifying Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia’s message. On YouTube, voters in the Zip Codes of the new, current 29th (Zips listed below) need to be delivered Garcia’s message.
    Directive specifying audience (Democratic primary voters in specific district), channel (digital/streaming ads, YouTube), and geography (zip codes) — classic media-buy instruction.
  • African American primary voting women need to read that Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia has dedicated her life to serving all of Houston and making life more affordable, no matter what we look like or where we live.
    Segmented audience (African American primary voting women) with prescribed message theme, written as an instruction for ad content.
  • Latino/a turnout targets (primary Congressional and city vote history [with partisan scores 60+]), particularly women, should see on the go that: [In English then in Spanish] Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia is the only Houston-Latino voice battling for us in Congress, and we must protect it.
    Specifies turnout targets with partisan scores, channel ('on the go' implying mobile/streaming), and bilingual message — guidance for ad targeting and creative.
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Archived at detectionFull-page screenshot of https://www.sylviaforcongress.com/es/media · Raw HTML preserved

Independent-expenditure corroboration

FEC Schedule E · 35 filings

Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $1,085,173 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
S BOLD AMERICA $540,000 4 2026-01-26 – 2026-01-26
S CHC BOLD PAC $448,008 3 2026-01-20 – 2026-02-03
S TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $57,165 26 2026-02-09 – 2026-03-01
S LATINO VICTORY FUND $40,000 2 2026-02-20 – 2026-02-20

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.