Research finding · Research date 2026-09-18
Ten Public Safety First videos mapped to Google creative IDs, spending ranges and candidate-specific flights
Recorded status: Primary creative identity and platform-reported delivery verified; production vendor, bank payer and KREM ad-ID linkage unproven
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
Ten Google political-ad records resolve through visible embedded players to Public Safety First videos on Defend and Protect Idaho's YouTube channel. This records platform titles, identifiers, flights, spending ranges and times shown, not independent validation of campaign claims or a production-cost ledger. Each row is one Google creative, irrespective of displayed format variations. Dates below are 2026.
Candidate/title suffix | Google creative | YouTube video ID | Flight | Spend range USD | Times shown
Megan Blanksma | CR09959873380960174081 | J1Us7Aq5oVM | May 11–19 | $1,500–2,000 | 90K–100K
Richard Marsh | CR13717784222372986881 | XeeVlK5DBZ0 | May 11–19 | $2,000–2,500 | 225K–250K
Ron Furniss [title; ad copy says Rep Rod Furniss] | CR07028241129774514177 | af3vJtNw3pQ | May 11–19 | $4,000–4,500 | 250K–300K
Melissa Durrant | CR06976951111362019329 | BbyzsT-DYcc | May 12–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 225K–250K
Jim Woodward and Mark Sauter | CR12288375125799075841 | ypRfxCYRIhs | May 11–19 | $2,000–2,500 | 125K–150K
Lori McCann | CR13688994609911300097 | sHNTGDpOzRk | May 11–19 | $1,500–2,000 | 125K–150K
Stephanie Mickelsen and Erin Bingham | CR10772069426258771969 | eV4D7GLnQPg | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 175K–200K
Ben Fuhriman | CR02011723726093025281 | 3qn6xagRZ7A | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 200K–225K
Jim Guthrie and Rick Cheatum | CR06496746005000617985 | JAWZxcHA4as | May 11–19 | $2,500–3,000 | 150K–175K
Mike Veile | CR15334215848785084417 | CIkVfebjK9Y | May 11–19 | $3,000–3,500 | 175K–200K
Blanksma's original YouTube watch page independently shows May 10, 2026 upload, 30-second duration, Unlisted, no description. Its displayed transcript praises her support for sheriffs and contrasts her with unnamed politicians. Unlisted is a publication setting, not evidence of evasion; the link is publicly exposed in Google's ad archive. No producer credit was found there. Other video titles/links above were read from the Google embedded players; their full contents and original watch-page dates were not all reviewed.
Richard Marsh's Google record explicitly includes ZIPs 83687, 83642, 83646 and 83713, with no age or gender selection criteria. Other positive records expose distinct location selections. This supports a candidate-specific digital ad family under one verified advertiser; it does not prove agency ownership, candidate coordination, or a payment match to Redbird/Hulsen.
Source references
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Megan Blanksma — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR09959873380960174081
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Richard Marsh — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR13717784222372986881
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Ron Furniss [title; ad copy says Rep Rod Furniss] — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR07028241129774514177
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Melissa Durrant — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR06976951111362019329
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Jim Woodward and Mark Sauter — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR12288375125799075841
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Lori McCann — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR13688994609911300097
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Stephanie Mickelsen and Erin Bingham — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR10772069426258771969
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Ben Fuhriman — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR02011723726093025281
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Jim Guthrie and Rick Cheatum — Ad details, political view and embedded-player variation; CR06496746005000617985
- Google ad — Public Safety First: Mike Veile