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Debora Farnham D

On the November ballot: State House District 35 (Hermon)

June 9 primary for State House District 35 (Democratic): won, 718 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 Financial disclosure

Disclosed 1 gift (2025)

From: a private individual (Monetary).

What to check

Whether the source lobbies the Legislature or gave to the campaign

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

Rule: Gifts disclosed

“The specific source of each gift received by the Legislator”1 MRSA §1016-G(1)(F) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Lobbyists' money

1 organization on their disclosure also lobbies the Legislature

Registered as lobbyists' clients: Northern Light Health (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 17, 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

Database Administrator, Northern Light Health (Health Care) · Brewer, ME

Other income

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Co. · Retirement Plan or Pension and Annuity

Gifts, travel and lodging

From a private individual · Monetary: contribution toward household expenses

Family members

A family member: Delivery Driver, RH Foster Energy, LLC (Food Services and Hospitality) · Hampden, ME
A family member: Social Security Administration · Social Security Benefits
A family member: Town of Hermon · Business Income
A family member: RH Foster Energy, LLC · Business Income
A family member: Social Security Administration · Social Security Benefits

Campaign money: Representative · Traditionally financed

$1,835raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $1,376 spent

$1,655itemized in 2026, 6 contributions

$250from the candidate (incl. loans)

$459cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)

Where their contributions come from

100%

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

Compare with all 2026 candidates →

How it was spent: $1,376

Palm cards, signs, stickers$1,055

Professional services$150

Website$64

Bank and other fees$54

Event tickets$26

Postage$16

Office and utilities$11

Largest payees: PrintBangor $1,055 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Bangor Solutions $150 Professional services · SquareSpace $64 Website · ActBlue $45 Bank and other fees · Town of Hermon $26 Event tickets · Danforth’s Hermon $16 Postage · Walmart Bangor $11 Office and utilities · Andrew Farnham $9 Bank and other fees

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
Joe Baldacci attorney legal · Self employed · Bangor	Person	$500
Andrew Farnham food services · Brick Oven Bakery · Hermon	The candidate	$405
Debora Farnham retired · Hermon	The candidate	$250
John Kelso retired · Blacksburg	Person	$250
Cynthia Faulkner Philanthropy Consultant · Self employed · Portland	Person	$250

Farnham, Debora 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.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded	By party
Andrew Farnham general business, Brick Oven Bakery · Hermon	$405	2