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Ben Hymes R

State Representative, District 38

On the November ballot: State House District 38 (Waldo)

June 9 primary for State House District 38 (Republican): won, 827 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

House District 38 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 10% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 15 (1 became law) — LD 1091, LD 265, LD 438, HP 1308, LD 1363, LD 1560, LD 1565, LD 1659, LD 1759, LD 1852, LD 304, LD 305, LD 818, HP 1222 …

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Ben Hymes: 2 from 2 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)
DraftKings Inc. Michael Saxl	Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members	$1,676.92
Maine Forest Products Council Patrick Strauch	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2025 · names 25 members	$720.50

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

$3,638raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $1,572 spent

$2,500itemized in 2026, 7 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$2,066cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)

Where their contributions come from

92%

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

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How it was spent: $1,572

Travel$1,067

Event tickets$338

Other$167

Largest payees: Expedia $1,067 Travel · NACL $338 Event tickets · Amazon $92 Other · BJ's Wholesale $75 Other

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
Dirigo PAC Alexandria	PAC	$1,000
The Cigna Group Employee PAC Philadelphia	PAC	$500
Pine State Trading Co Gardiner	PAC	$500
Answering the Call Albion	PAC	$300
Zoe Hendrix homemaker · Searsport	Person	$100
Francis Runci retired · Brooks	Person	$100

Hymes, Benjamin 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

$110spent supporting them

$3,082spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
REBUILD MAINE 3 expenditures · the race	against	$2,435
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC 1 expenditure · the race	against	$647
People Over Politics PAC 1 expenditure · the race	for	$110

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
The Cigna Group Employee PAC Group or PAC · Philadelphia	$500	8
Pine State Trading Co Group or PAC · Gardiner · lobbying client	$500	3
Answering the Call Group or PAC · Albion	$300	12
Francis Runci retired, Unknown · Brooks	$100	3