Finding Senate · Texas Democrat
Allred, Colin FINDING
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 media-buy instructions: it tells outside groups which voters to target (Democratic primary runoff voters in TX-33), on which platforms (streaming, YouTube, broadcast TV in Dallas), and provides downloadable zip codes. This goes beyond voter persuasion and functions as red-box guidance for independent expenditure groups.
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. It would also be helpful for voters to see these messages on Broadcast TV in Dallas.
Directive specifying target audience, channels, and geography for ad placement.TX-33 Zip Codes: DOWNLOAD
Provision of geographic targeting data (zip codes) for ad buys.
Independent-expenditure corroboration
FEC Schedule E · 1 filings
Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $0 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $15,000 opposing.
| Committee | Amount | Filings | Date range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O | RED SENATE | $15,000 | 1 | 2025-01-15 – 2025-01-15 |
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.