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Artie Mingo R

State Representative, District 9

On the November ballot: State House District 9 (Calais)

June 9 primary for State House District 9 (Republican): won, 772 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

House District 9 · 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 720 recorded votes, 6% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 1 (0 became law) — LD 1096

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Artie Mingo: 5 from 3 clients. The cost is the whole event's or item's, shared by everyone it names, not what was spent on them.

Client (lobbyist)	What, when	Cost (all named)
Maine Forest Products Council Krysta West	Event: Timber Talk: State of the Forest Products Industry · February 2026 · names 14 members	$337.01
	Event: Timber Talk Legislative Breakfasts · January 2026 · names 17 members	$817.73
	Event: Legislative Breakfast/Timber Talk · April 2025 · names 27 members	$731.02
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast Dana Doran	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2026 · names 43 members	$1,933
DraftKings Inc. Michael Saxl	Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members	$1,676.92

Matched by name and title (“Rep. Bell”, “Senator Brad Farrin”); a name that fits two members isn't counted. Check the reports on the lobbying system.

Campaign money: Representative · Traditionally financed

$4,605raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $110 spent

$2,900itemized in 2026, 7 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$4,495cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)

Where their contributions come from

79%17%

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal nationsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

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How it was spent: $110

Newspaper and print ads$110

Largest payees: Calais Advertiser $110 Newspaper and print ads

Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.

Top contributors	Type	Total
Dirigo PAC Alexandria	PAC	$1,000
Washington County Republican Committee Machias	Party committee	$500
Renew the American Dream PAC Arlington	PAC	$500
Still Fed Up With Taxes PAC Turner	PAC	$500
Answering the Call Pac Albion	PAC	$300
Ralph Shannon retired · Calais	Person	$100

Mingo, Arthur K. on the Ethics Commission's campaign finance search. Itemized transactions: 2026 from the Commission's files as posted October 17, 2026, and 2025 from the campaign's own reports.

Outside spending for and against them

$91spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
People Over Politics PAC 1 expenditure · the race	for	$91

Independent expenditures reported to the Ethics Commission in 2026. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Dirigo PAC Group or PAC · Alexandria	$1,000	61
Washington County Republican Committee Party committee · Machias	$500	5
Renew the American Dream PAC Group or PAC · Arlington	$500	21
Still Fed Up With Taxes PAC Group or PAC · Turner	$500	7
Answering The Call PAC Group or PAC · Albion	$300	5