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Craig Hickman D
State Senator, District 14
On the November ballot: State Senate District 14 (Winthrop)
June 9 primary for State Senate District 14 (Democratic): won, 5,953 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 $154,379 for or against them, more than their campaign's $13,450
Independent expenditures: $147,129 supporting and $7,250 opposing. The largest: MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $124,875 (for); MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $17,250 (for); Maine Senate Republicans $7,250 (against); REBUILD MAINE $5,004 (for).
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
In the Legislature
Senate District 14 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,267 recorded votes, 4% not voting
Bills they sponsored: 79 (30 became law) — LD 14, LD 33, LD 124, LD 126, LD 240, LD 683, LD 954, LD 1141, LD 1213, LD 1343, LD 1640, LD 1669, LD 1840, LD 1977 …
Named in lobbyists' reports
Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Craig Hickman: 8 from 7 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: Lunch & Learn Panel Discussion · February 2026 · names 27 members | $499 |
| Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2025 · names 25 members | $720.50 |
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Linda Caprara | Event: Legislative Social · March 2026 · names 14 members | $2,620 |
DraftKings Inc.
Michael Saxl | Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members | $1,676.92 |
AARP
Noel Bonam | Event: Legislative Lunch & Learn on Older Adult Issues and Vital Voices Survey · May 2025 · names 51 members | $1,480.31 |
SidePrize, LLC, d/b/a PrizePicks
Newell Augur | Spent on officials: Lunch and dinner meeting · February 2025 | $75 |
Altria Client Services LLC
Jonathan Shaer | Spent on officials: Dinner · December 2024 | $55.47 |
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Laura Harper | Event: Dinner · February 2024 · names 6 members | $793.12 |
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: Senator · Traditionally financed
$20,482raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $3,549 spent
$13,450itemized in 2025 and 2026, 45 contributions
$3,406raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$16,934cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)
Where their contributions come from
55%41%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal nationsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Compare with all 2026 candidates →
How it was spent: $3,549
Not coded$2,642
Palm cards, signs, stickers$495
Bank and other fees$207
Office and utilities$105
Food for events and volunteers$99
Largest payees: ME Rental Properties LLC $1,075 Not coded · Hannaford $641 Not coded · Grossman Marketing Group $495 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Shaws Supermarket $227 Not coded · Bangor Daily News $210 Office and utilities · Constant Contact $167 Not coded · ActBlue $156 Bank and other fees · Hallowell Seafood $103 Not coded
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Paul McCarrier
healthcare medical · Self · Belfast | Person | $1,000 |
MEA
Augusta | Nonprofit | $1,000 |
Art and Craft
Mercer | | $900 |
Skunkfoot Agriculture Consulting LLC
Hebron | | $700 |
Matt Bayliss
agriculture · Self · South Portland | Person | $600 |
Megan Hull
not currently employed · Oakland | Person | $500 |
Lawrence Stone
science technology · Metron · Kennett Square | Person | $500 |
Mark Barnett
general business · Self employed · Auburn | Person | $500 |
Lillian Barnett
not currently employed · Auburn | Person | $500 |
Jordan Smith
healthcare medical · Self · Pownal | Person | $500 |
Alexandra Serra
Owner · Serra Public Affairs · Augusta | Person | $500 |
The Cigna Group Employee PAC
Philadelphia | PAC | $500 |
Pine State Trading Co.
Gardiner | Business | $500 |
JAR Consulting LLC
Windham | | $500 |
JNP Services LLC
Standish | | $500 |
Hickman, Craig 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
$147,129spent supporting them
$7,250spent opposing them
| Spender | | Amount |
|---|
MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
23 expenditures · the race | for | $124,875 |
MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND
2 expenditures · the race | for | $17,250 |
Maine Senate Republicans
1 expenditure · the race | against | $7,250 |
REBUILD MAINE
1 expenditure · the race | for | $5,004 |
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 |
|---|
Paul McCarrier
healthcare medical, Self · Belfast | $1,000 | 2 | |
Lawrence Stone
Mathematician, Metron · Kennett Square | $500 | 3 | |
Mark Barnett
general business, Self employed · Auburn | $500 | 2 | |
The Cigna Group Employee PAC
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $500 | 8 | |
Pine State Trading Co
Group or PAC · Gardiner · lobbying client | $500 | 3 | |
Maine Craft Cannabis
Business · West Gardiner | $500 | 2 | |
John Woytowicz
retired, Not Employed · Gardiner | $300 | 2 | |
Charlotte Warren
Consultant, Self · Hallowell | $250 | 6 | |
John Goldin
not currently employed · Guilford | $117 | 3 | |
Steve Rusnack
Owner, North Woods Smoke · Fort Kent | $100 | 5 | |
John Branning
retired, Not Employed · Winthrop | $100 | 2 | |
Dennis Boyd
not currently employed, Not Employed · Gorham | $100 | 4 | |
James Boyle
not currently employed, EP&I, LLC · Gorham | $100 | 2 | |