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Charles Tilburg D

On the November ballot: State House District 137 (Buxton)

June 9 primary for State House District 137 (Democratic): won, 1,206 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 Lobbyists' money

1 organization on their disclosure also lobbies the Legislature

Registered as lobbyists' clients: University of New England (employer; registered 2024, 2025, 2026).

What to check
  • What the organization lobbied on, and how they voted on it
  • Whether it's the same organization (matched by name)

Personal financial disclosure, 2025 (the Commission's disclosure site)Maine's lobbying registrations

Rule: Employer, client or organization also lobbies
“Each source of income must be identified by name, address and principal type of economic or business activity.”1 MRSA §1016-G(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 10, 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

Businesses they own or hold a stake in

Gifts, travel and lodging

Family members

Campaign money: Representative · Clean Election

$21,496raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $2,502 spent
$945itemized in 2025 and 2026, 11 contributions
$1,000raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)
$20,496Clean Election funding paid this year
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$18,994cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea Report)
Where their contributions come from

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

Compare with all 2026 candidates →

How it was spent: $1,752

Postage$438
Mail house$401
Palm cards, signs, stickers$332
Website$324
Office and utilities$207
Not coded$50

Largest payees: Dale Rand Printing $612 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Square Space $324 Website · US Postal Services $280 Postage · Forever Stamps $158 Postage · Charles Tilburg $95 Office and utilities · Jim Boutin $79 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Target $58 Office and utilities · Staples $52 Office and utilities

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

Top contributorsTypeTotal
James Boutin
Retired · Retired · Hollis Center
Person$100
Maynard G Charron
Retired · Retired · Hollis Center
Person$100
Kelley Heath
Government Civil · State of Maine · Hollis
Person$100
Peter B Herrick
Other · U of New England · South Portland
Person$100
Susan G Kimball
Retired · Retired · Hollis Center
Person$100
Retha M Rutkowski
Retired · Retired · Snohomish
Person$100
Craig Tennenhouse
Other · U of New England · Portland
Person$100
Nancy A Ponzetti
Retired · Retired · Hollis
Person$95
Kimberly Chan
Manufacturing · Delhaize Co. · Raymond
Person$50
Jeanne Hey
Other · Self Employed · Saco
Person$50
Amy E Keirstead
Other · U of New England · Hollis Center
Person$50

Tilburg, Charles Edward 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

$3,228spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
REBUILD MAINE
2 expenditures · the race
for$2,446
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC
1 expenditure · the race
for$782

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.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Kelley Heath
teacher education, State Of Maine · Hollis
$1003
Jeanne Hey
Other, Hey University · Saco
$502