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Dan Sayre D
State Representative, District 135
On the November ballot: State Senate District 34 (Kennebunk)
June 9 primary for State Senate District 34 (Democratic): won, 7,259 votes (100%)
In the Legislature
House District 135 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 1% not voting
Bills they sponsored: 19 (7 became law) — LD 97, LD 611, LD 1275, LD 1844, LD 2075, LD 2188, LD 2222, LD 849, LD 926, LD 1120, LD 1630, LD 1740, LD 1894, LD 1942 …
Campaign money: Senator · Clean Election
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How it was spent: $26,963
Largest payees: Erikson Communication Group $20,048 Social media and online ads · Just Yard Signs $1,733 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Shannon Magrane Design $1,125 Other · Frame Media $1,100 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Olive and Pine Photography $1,000 Professional services · USPS $622 Postage · Saturn Business Systems $567 Mail house · Will's Copy Center $346 Palm cards, signs, stickers
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet Sayre retired · Scarborough | Person | $100 |
| Penelope Gruen retired · Kennebunkport | Person | $100 |
| Alex Gramling retired · Kennebunk | Person | $100 |
| Marie Louise St Onge retired · Kennebunk | Person | $100 |
| James Foorman retired · Kennebunk | Person | $100 |
| Daniel Sayre office and administrative occupations · State of Maine · Kennebunk | Person | $100 |
| Jane Card Retired · Retired · Kennebunk | Person | $100 |
| Daphne Gregory- Thomas Other · West Morris Regional High School · Kennebunk | Person | $100 |
| Gregory Markow Attorney Legal · CGS3 · San Diego | Person | $100 |
| Julianne Markow Military · Voice of San Diego · San Diego | Person | $100 |
| David Pond Other · United Airlines · Bonaire | Person | $100 |
| Patricia Tomlin Not Currently Employed · Not Employed · San Diego | Person | $100 |
| Stephen Tomlin Not Currently Employed · Not Employed · San Diego | Person | $100 |
| Paul Hogan Not Currently Employed · Not Employed · Kennebunkport | Person | $100 |
| Thomas McClain Retired · Retired · Kennebunkport | Person | $100 |
Sayre, Daniel 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
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| MPA CAMPAIGN VOTE! 2 expenditures · the race | for | $1,138 |
| MPA Votes 1 expenditure · the race | for | $250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope Gruen retired, N/A · Kennebunkport | $100 | 4 | |
| Daphne Gregory-Thomas Consultant, West Morris Regional High School · Kennebunk | $100 | 2 | |
| Thomas McClain not currently employed, N/A · Kennebunkport | $100 | 2 | |
| Dawn Therrien Not Currently Employed, Not Employed · Kennebunk | $100 | 2 | |
| Alaine Greger-Fay not currently employed, Not Employed · Kennebunk | $100 | 3 | |
| Barbara Fleshman not currently employed, Not Currently Employed · Kennebunk | $100 | 2 | |
| Audrey Lakin Not Currently Employed, Not Currently Employed · Kennnebunkport | $25 | 3 | |
| Carol Morris Other, Morris communications · Kennebunkport | $1 | 2 |