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Caleb Chase R

On the November ballot: State House District 145 (Wells)

June 9 primary for State House District 145 (Republican): won, 1,007 votes (100%)

Findings

Prompts to look closer at the public records, each with the rule and the law it rests on. None is a finding of wrongdoing. All findings

Context Outside spending

Outside groups spent $11,650 for or against them, more than their campaign's $9,875

Independent expenditures: $8,289 supporting and $3,361 opposing. The largest: The House Republican Fund $6,000 (for); MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $2,355 (against); Renew the American Dream $2,160 (for); PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC $1,005 (against).

What to check

Who funds the largest spenders (their own reports to the Commission)

Rule: Outside spending larger than the campaign

“"independent expenditure" means any expenditure made by a person, party committee or political action committee that is not made in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate”21-A MRSA §1019-B(1) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Financial disclosure, 2025

From the personal financial disclosure they filed with the Maine Ethics Commission on August 7, 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.

Self-employment

Chase Brothers LLC (Property Development and Management) · Wells, ME

Businesses they own or hold a stake in

Chase Brothers LLC (Property Development and Management) · Wells, ME
Keystone Consulting Inc. (Advertising and Marketing) · Wells, ME

Positions

Member - Board of Directors, Wells Emergency Medical Services Board of Directors · Wells, ME

Family members

A family member: Vice Treasurer, Wells Republican Committee

Campaign money: Representative · Clean Election

$9,920raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $6,924 spent

$950itemized in 2026, 10 contributions

$8,925Clean Election funding paid this year

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$2,996cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea Report)

Where their contributions come from

89%11%

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

Compare with all 2026 candidates →

How it was spent: $6,924

TV and cable$3,000

Palm cards, signs, stickers$2,561

Mail house$876

Professional services$200

Phone banks, robocalls, texts$147

Postage$57

Polling$40

Office and utilities$39

Bank and other fees$5

Largest payees: Spectrum Marketing Companies $5,975 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Amazon $316 Mail house · Cali Dale Photography $200 Professional services · Numinar $187 Polling · Gary All Kinds of Signs $114 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Maine GOP $57 Postage · Vista Print $32 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Rubberstamps.com $24 Office and utilities

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
Robert Foley Wells	Candidate committee	$100
Robert J. Declereq retired · Wells	Person	$100
Jan Bonica retired · Wells	Person	$100
Wayne Chase Sr. retired · Wells	Person	$100
Kathleen Chase retired · Wells	Person	$100
Nancy Ford retired · Wells	Person	$100
Debra Flot retired · Wells	Person	$100
John Ford retired · Wells	Person	$100
Bradley Ducharme retired · Kennebunk	Person	$100
Robert Ferns retired · Wells	Person	$50

Chase, Caleb Joseph 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

$8,289spent supporting them

$3,361spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
The House Republican Fund 1 expenditure · the race	for	$6,000
MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE 5 expenditures · the race	against	$2,355
Renew the American Dream 1 expenditure · the race	for	$2,160
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC 1 expenditure · the race	against	$1,005
People Over Politics PAC 1 expenditure · the race	for	$129

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	By party
Nancy Ford retired · Wells	$100	5
John Ford retired · Wells	$100	2