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Bernard Porter R
On the November ballot: State Senate District 23 (Harpswell)
June 9 primary for State Senate District 23 (Republican): won, 2,523 votes (100%)
Financial disclosure, 2025
From the personal financial disclosure they filed with the Maine Ethics Commission on August 16, 2026. Maine's form lists sources and positions, not amounts: the law asks for each source of $2,000 or more in the year, and each state agency sold $10,000 or more (1 MRSA §1016-G). Family members aren't named.
Jobs
- Information Security Specialist, U.S. Treasury Department (Federal Government) · Washington, DC
Other income
- U.S. Treasury Department · Retirement Plan or Pension and Annuity
- U.S. Army · Retirement Plan or Pension and Annuity
- Rental Real Estate · Rental Income
- Rental Real Estate · Rental Income
- Department of Veterans Affairs · VA Disability
Home
- Single-family home: $783,400 assessed, 2026
Harpswell certified a ratio of 98% for 2024; a later assessment may follow a revaluation, so no market estimate is made.
From the Harpswell assessor's database, found by searching for Bernard Porter's name in the town where they live, as owner or co-owner of a home. The address isn't published. A home held in a trust, a company or someone else's name isn't found.
Campaign money: Senator · Traditionally financed
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How it was spent: $1,692
Largest payees: Spectrum Marketing $1,565 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Anedot $127 Bank and other fees
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanine Thomas Entrepreneur · Self · Abbot | Person | $2,000 |
| DIRIGO PAC Alexandria | PAC | $1,000 |
| Cumberland County Republican Committee North Yarmouth | Party committee | $500 |
| Emily Dionne retired · Brunswick | Person | $500 |
| Trynt Je Hope Mahoney retired · Brunswick | Person | $500 |
| Tracy Johnson Colby retail sales · Tracy Johnson Fine Jewelry · Harpswell | Person | $385 |
| Seabreeze Plumbing Harpswell | Business | $250 |
| Brunswick Town Republican Committee Brunswick | Party committee | $250 |
| Barry Pontolillo retired · Bailey Island | Person | $250 |
| Jessica C. Kellum Information Requested · Harpswell | Person | $200 |
| Chirster Mattsson construction engineering · Mattsson Company · Scarborough | Person | $100 |
| Jeane Benda retired · Harpswell | Person | $100 |
| Pat Hodgdon financial investment · Patricia Hodgdon CPA LLC · Pownal | Person | $100 |
Porter, Bernard Robert 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.
Their donors also gave to
Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirigo PAC Group or PAC · Alexandria | $1,000 | 61 | |
| Cumberland County Republican Committee Party committee · North Yarmouth | $500 | 8 | |
| Emily Dionne Retired, N/A · Brunswick | $500 | 2 | |
| Tracy Johnson Colby retail sales, Tracy Johnson Fine Jewelry · Harpswell | $385 | 2 | |
| Pat Hodgdon financial investment, Patricia Hodgdon CPA LLC · Pownal | $100 | 2 |