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 Outside spending
Outside groups spent $26,453 for or against them, more than their campaign's $4,400
Independent expenditures: $22,878 supporting and $3,576 opposing. The largest: Prosper Maine PAC $15,732 (for); People Over Politics PAC $6,440 (for); MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $2,386 (against); PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC $705 (against).
What to check- Who funds the largest spenders (their own reports to the Commission)
Rule: Outside spending larger than the campaign
“"independent expenditure" means any expenditure made by a person, party committee or political action committee that is not made in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate”21-A MRSA §1019-B(1) ✓ 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: MaineHealth (a family member's 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 11, 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.
Self-employment
- Domingo Torres Carpentry (Construction) · Sanford, ME
Other income
- Social Security · Social Security Benefits
Family members
- A family member: Medical Assistant, MaineHealth (Health Care) · Scarborough, ME
Campaign money: Representative · Traditionally financed
$4,900raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $2,209 spent
$4,400itemized in 2026, 11 contributions
$500from the candidate (incl. loans)
$2,691cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report (Replacement Candidate))
$500debts and loans owed, as of that report
Where their contributions come from
77%11%11%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal nationsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Compare with all 2026 candidates →
How it was spent: $2,209
Palm cards, signs, stickers$2,209
Largest payees: Spectrum Marketing Companies $2,209 Palm cards, signs, stickers
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Charles Nickerson
retired · Andover | Person | $500 |
Diana Farrar Nickerson
assets management / Property · self employed · Andover | Person | $500 |
Marcel Payeur
construction engineering · Marcel A Payeur INC · Sanford | Person | $500 |
Steve Wilson
retired · Newfield | Person | $500 |
York County Republican Committee
Moody | Party committee | $500 |
Mark Caron
retired · Sanford | Person | $500 |
Renew the America Dream PAC
Arlington | PAC | $500 |
Wayne Palmer
retired · Arundel | Person | $400 |
Jonatan Torres
retail sales · New England Ice Cream · Sanford | Person | $250 |
Arthur Martineau
retired · Sanford | Person | $150 |
Rebecca Dixon
government civil · US Government/Engeneering · Sanford | Person | $100 |
Torres, Domingo 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.