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

Allred, Colin FINDING

Seat
H-TX-33
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary
FEC receipts
$6,842,416 FEC
Campaign site
https://colinallred.com/ (unverified)
Pages scanned
161 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

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

The page contains explicit directives about which voter segments should see specific attack messages and on which media channels (streaming, YouTube, broadcast TV in Dallas), along with a downloadable zip-code list. This is guidance intended for an outside group to run paid advertising, not direct voter persuasion or internal press strategy. The presence of standard campaign elements (donate, volunteer) does not negate the red-boxing function.

Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page

  • It’s most important for Democratic Primary Runoff Voters and Democrats who voted in the March 2026 Primary to see these messages on premium subscription streaming services, YouTube, and other zip-code-based streaming platforms.
    Specifies target audience and channels for paid media placement, a key red-boxing signal.
  • It would also be helpful for voters to see these messages on Broadcast TV in Dallas.
    Adds geographic and channel-specific media-buy guidance.
  • TX-33 Zip Codes: DOWNLOAD
    Provides downloadable geographic targeting data, typical of red-boxing instructions for ad placement.
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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; $50,000 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $56,486 opposing.

Committee AmountFilingsDate range
O DON'T MESS WITH TX PAC $56,486 2 2026-02-21 – 2026-02-25
S ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND $50,000 1 2026-04-20 – 2026-04-20

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.