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Dana Staples D
On the November ballot: State House District 88 (Auburn)
June 9 primary for State House District 88 (Democratic): won, 957 votes (100%)
Financial disclosure, 2025
From the personal financial disclosure they filed with the Maine Ethics Commission on August 23, 2026 (amendment 1). 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
- Vice President of Information Technology, ReVision Energy (Construction) · South Portland, ME
Self-employment
- Dana Staples (Content Creation) · Auburn, ME
Clients: TikTok (Information Technology)
Other income
- Alianz Life Insurance Company of North America · Inheritance
- Vanguard · Investment and Interest Income
- American Enterprise Investment Services Inc · Investment and Interest Income
Positions
- Advisory Board Member, City of Auburn Comprehensive Plan Committee · Auburn, ME
- Finance Committee member, Androscoggin Land Trust · Auburn, ME
Family members
- A family member: Health Coach, Sensible Nutrition Inc (Health Care) · Hingham, MA
- A family member: Advisory Board Member, Androscoggin Land Trust · Auburn, ME
Home
- Single-family home: $371,900 assessed
Auburn certified a ratio of 93% for 2024; a later assessment may follow a revaluation, so no market estimate is made.
From the Auburn assessor's database, found by searching for Dana Staples'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: Representative · Clean Election
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How it was spent: $4,160
Largest payees: USPS $1,313 Postage · Capitol Promotions $1,039 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Frame Strategies $1,000 Other · Dale Rand Printing $400 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Squarespace $221 Website · Staples $178 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Target $7 Office and utilities · Auburn Public Library $2 Other
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Marian Claxton retired · Auburn | Person | $100 |
| Donna Albert retired · Auburn | Person | $100 |
| Leigh Weisenburger Albert office and administrative occupations · Bates College · Lewiston | Person | $100 |
| Joseph Staples retired · Minot | Person | $100 |
| Jeffrey Harmon government civil · City of Auburn · Auburn | Person | $100 |
| Ernesto Morales-Perea retired · Seattle | Person | $100 |
| Ryan Colasurdo office and administrative occupations · GE Verona · Glenmont | Person | $100 |
| Patricia Gautier retired · Auburn | Person | $100 |
| James Pross attorney legal · Elder Law Office of Kienitz and Pross, P.A. · Auburn | Person | $60 |
Staples, Dana 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lead Maine Action 3 expenditures · the race | against | $9,719 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC 2 expenditures · the race | for | $5,634 |
| REBUILD MAINE 2 expenditures · the race | for | $2,145 |
| MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE 2 expenditures · the race | for | $693 |
| Safer Maine PAC 1 expenditure · the race | for | $364 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Harmon government civil, City of Auburn Maine · Auburn | $100 | 6 | |
| Patricia Gautier retired · Auburn | $100 | 2 |