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Dean Cray R

State Representative, District 69

On the November ballot: State House District 69 (Palmyra)

June 9 primary for State House District 69 (Republican): won, 1,130 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

House District 69 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 10% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 2 (0 became law) — LD 864, LD 1403

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Dean Cray: 8 from 4 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, whenCost (all named)
Maine Forest Products Council
Patrick Strauch
Event: Legislative Breakfast/Timber Talk · April 2025 · names 27 members$731.02
Event: Legislative Forestry Expo · March 2025 · names 29 members$771.57
Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2025 · names 25 members$720.50
Event: Legislative Breakfast · January 2025 · names 23 members$720.50
Appalachian Mountain Club
Elizabeth Townsend
Event: reception · February 2026 · names 15 members$1,902.59
Event: informational reception · January 2025 · names 26 members$1,726
DraftKings Inc.
Michael Saxl
Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members$1,676.92
Maine Association of REALTORS
J. Andrew Cashman
Event: Meet & Greet · February 2025 · names 19 members$3,768.17

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: Representative · Traditionally financed

$4,199raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $0 spent
$2,500itemized in 2026, 4 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$4,199cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)
Where their contributions come from

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

Compare with all 2026 candidates →

Top contributorsTypeTotal
DIRIGO PAC THE LEADERSHIP PAC for MAINE
Alexandria
PAC$1,000
Somerset County Republicans
Skowhegan
Party committee$500
Still Fed up with Taxes
Turner
PAC$500
RENEW THE AMERICAN DREAM
ARLINGTON
PAC$500

CRAY, DEAN 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

$142spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
People Over Politics PAC
1 expenditure · the race
for$142

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
Dirigo PAC The Leadership PAC for Maine
Candidate committee · Alexandria
$1,0006
Still Fed Up With Taxes
Group or PAC · Turner
$50024
Renew the American Dream
Group or PAC · Arlington
$5003