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Gary Friedmann D
State Representative, District 14
On the November ballot: State House District 14 (Bar Harbor)
June 9 primary for State House District 14 (Democratic): won, 2,375 votes (100%)
In the Legislature
House District 14 · 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 720 recorded votes, 2% not voting
Bills they sponsored: 5 (1 became law) — LD 633, LD 746, LD 872, LD 1262, LD 1477
Named in lobbyists' reports
Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Gary Friedmann: 7 from 6 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, when | Cost (all named) |
|---|
Maine Center for Economic Policy
Maura Pillsbury | Event: Lunch and Learn on Guaranteed Basic Income in Maine · February 2026 · names 18 members | $315.20 |
| Event: luncheon briefing · January 2026 · names 35 members | $505.19 |
Maine Council on Aging
Jessica Fay | Event: Caucus on Aging - Lunch and Learn · March 2026 · names 28 members | $335 |
Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME)
Michael Saxl | Event: Innovation & Growth Caucus Lunch & Learn - Blue Economy · March 2026 · names 26 members | $707.80 |
Maine Conservation Alliance
Sarah Woodbury | Event: Legislative Briefing on the Climate Superfund · March 2026 · names 10 members | $0 |
Maine Audubon
Francesca Gundrum | Event: Educational Event - Land for Maine's Future (LMF) Briefing and Lunch - cost of event was split three ways between Natural Resources Council of Maine, Appalachian Mountain Club, and Maine Audubon (individual org cost for event = $184.10) · February 2026 · names 31 members | $553 |
DraftKings Inc.
Michael Saxl | Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members | $1,676.92 |
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 · Clean Election
$2,675raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $0 spent
$0itemized in 2026, 0 contributions
$8,950Clean Election funding paid this year
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$2,675cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea Report)
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Friedmann, Gary 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
$204spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
| Spender | | Amount |
|---|
MPA CAMPAIGN VOTE!
1 expenditure · the race | for | $204 |
Independent expenditures reported to the Ethics Commission in 2026. The candidate doesn't control them.