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Denise Tepler D
State Senator, District 24
On the November ballot: State Senate District 24 (Topsham)
June 9 primary for State Senate District 24 (Democratic): won, 7,632 votes (100%)
Home
- Single-family home: $578,600 assessed, 2026
Topsham certified a ratio of 100% for 2024; a later assessment may follow a revaluation, so no market estimate is made.
From the Topsham assessor's database, found by searching for Denise Tepler'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.
In the Legislature
Senate District 24 · 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 703 recorded votes, 1% not voting
Bills they sponsored: 10 (6 became law) — LD 36, LD 474, LD 1991, LD 2063, LD 2140, LD 2187, LD 376, LD 475, LD 980, LD 1205
Campaign money: Senator · Clean Election
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How it was spent: $3,572
Largest payees: Dale Rand Printing $2,558 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Run! $1,000 Website · SquareSpace $14 Website
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Joyce McCreight retired · Harpswell | Person | $100 |
| William T Glidden retired · Topsham | Person | $100 |
| Katharine Lyon retired · Topsham | Person | $100 |
| Linda S Hermans retired · Dresden | Person | $100 |
| Lucy W Hull retired · Arrowsic | Person | $100 |
| Sandra Liggett retired · Phippsburg | Person | $100 |
| Sheldon J Tepler attorney legal · Hardy, Wolf & Downing · Topsham | Person | $100 |
| Susan Powell retired · Scarborough | Person | $100 |
| Matthew Powell general business · BCE Consulting · Scarborough | Person | $100 |
| Kilton Webb general business · IBEW Local 567 · Durham | Person | $100 |
| G William Higbee retired · Brunswick | Person | $100 |
| Judith Tunkle retired · Dresden | Person | $100 |
| Paul Tunkle retired · Dresden | Person | $100 |
| Maya Tepler general business · PBS · Brooklyn | Person | $100 |
| Lee B Liggett retired · Phippsburg | Person | $100 |
Tepler, Denise 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! 1 expenditure · the race | for | $304 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William T. Glidden not currently employed, Unknown · Topsham | $100 | 2 | |
| Katharine Lyon retired · Topsham | $100 | 2 | |
| Linda S Hermans retired, Not Employed · Dresden | $100 | 2 | |
| Lucy W. Hull not currently employed, Not Employed · Arrowsic | $100 | 2 | |
| Sandra Liggett retired, N/A · Phippsburg | $100 | 2 | |
| Kilton Webb general business, IBEW Local 567 · Durham | $100 | 3 | |
| Eloise Vitelli Not Currently Employed, N/A · Arrowsic | $100 | 2 | |
| Gretta Wark retired, Not Employed · Bath | $50 | 2 |