Finding Senate · Minnesota Democrat
Craig, Angie FINDING
Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing
Detected on https://angiecraig.com/issues · classifier confidence 0.92 · model fireworks/deepseek-v4-flash
The page contains explicit directives for media buying (broadcast, streaming, digital) targeting specific voter segments (primary voters, seniors with inconsistent turnout) and prescribes messaging and proof points. This goes beyond standard voter persuasion or press kit content and is clearly intended as guidance for an outside group or media buyer to run ads, meeting the definition of red-boxing.
Quoted evidence — verbatim spans from the page
Minnesota Democratic primary voters need to see (on broadcast in all markets. And then also with an expansive statewide streaming and digital audience of voters 18+ and up)
Directive specifying media channels, geography, and demographic segment for ad placementDemocrats over the age of 65 with an inconsistent record of voting in the Democratic Primary need to read specific information about the date and hours of Primary Election Day Voting, information about Early Voting in the Primary Election, and information about where to find their polling place and early voting locations.
Segmented audience instruction with prescribed content, typical of media-buy guidanceIt is important that Minnesota Democratic Primary voters hear from real Minnesotans expressing their belief that with all that’s at stake...
Prescribed message theme and tone for ads, framed as an instruction
Independent-expenditure corroboration
FEC Schedule E · 68 filings
Sequence. Messaging guidance was present on the candidate's site when detected (by us) on 2026-07-09; $6,312,551 in supporting independent expenditures is on file for this candidate, and $1,588,440 opposing.
| Committee | Amount | Filings | Date range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | NORTH STAR DAWN PAC | $4,382,356 | 17 | 2026-03-30 – 2026-07-02 |
| S | CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE | $1,859,500 | 7 | 2025-11-19 – 2026-05-04 |
| O | DLGA | $1,371,440 | 9 | 2026-05-18 – 2026-06-30 |
| O | CLEAR VOICE MINNESOTA | $217,000 | 9 | 2026-01-15 – 2026-04-06 |
| S | BLUE MAJORITY PROJECT | $50,853 | 8 | 2025-10-29 – 2026-02-09 |
| S | BLUE DEMOCRACY NETWORK | $5,912 | 4 | 2026-02-17 – 2026-04-20 |
| S | DEMOCRATIC FUTURE PAC | $3,667 | 4 | 2026-02-11 – 2026-04-20 |
| S | BLUE MAJORITY MAKERS PAC | $3,256 | 2 | 2026-04-30 – 2026-05-12 |
| S | DMFI PAC | $2,649 | 5 | 2025-12-16 – 2026-02-11 |
| S | MAJORITY BLUE PAC | $2,262 | 2 | 2026-04-28 – 2026-05-05 |
| S | BLUE SHIFT PAC | $2,096 | 1 | 2026-04-12 – 2026-04-12 |
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.