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Jack Ducharme R

State Representative, District 71

On the November ballot: State House District 71 (Madison)

June 9 primary for State House District 71 (Republican): won, 922 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

House District 71 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 3% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 25 (8 became law) — LD 161, LD 289, LD 321, LD 413, LD 1391, LD 1412, LD 1975, LD 445, LD 477, LD 852, LD 1521, LD 1752, LD 1775, LD 1968 …

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Jack Ducharme: 16 from 10 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 State Chamber of Commerce
Linda Caprara
Event: Gubernatorial Debate 2026 · May 2026$27,375
Event: Introducing Maine Economic Vision 2025 · May 2026 · names 5 members$4,050
Event: Legislative Summit · February 2026 · names 21 members$47,878
Event: Legislative Summit · February 2024$285.49
Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME)
Michael Saxl
Event: Innovation & Growth Caucus Lunch & Learn - Blue Economy · March 2026 · names 26 members$707.80
Event: Life Sciences Lunch and Learn · February 2026 · names 26 members$511.47
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast
Dana Doran
Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2026 · names 43 members$1,933
Event: Legislative Breakfast · March 2025 · names 26 members$2,763
Maine Forest Products Council
Krysta West
Event: Timber Talk: State of the Forest Products Industry · February 2026 · names 14 members$337.01
Event: Legislative Forestry Expo · March 2025 · names 29 members$771.57
Maine Association of Health Plans
Dan Demeritt
Event: Health Coverage Policy Discussion · September 2026$0
McDonald's Corporation
Peter Gore
Spent on officials: National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) Event · July 2026$64.78
Charter Communications, Inc.
Kate Gore
Spent on officials: Meal/Beverage · October 2024$75
AARP
Noel Bonam
Event: LTSS Scorecard Awareness Lunch and Learn for Legislators so that Legislators would be able to learn more about Maine's ranking in various aspects connected to Long Term Supports and Services (LTSS). · April 2024 · names 18 members$1,261.07
Maine Association of REALTORS
J. Andrew Cashman
Event: Meet & Greet · January 2024$3,273.60
U.S. Term Limits
Kenneth Quinn
Event: Lunch & Learn · January 2024 · names 22 members$1,010.62

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

$9,617raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $3,424 spent
$9,510itemized in 2025 and 2026, 33 contributions
$275raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$6,193cash 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

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How it was spent: $3,424

TV and cable$750
Other$695
Contributions to others$450
Palm cards, signs, stickers$295
Event tickets$269
Website$243
Food for events and volunteers$207
Not coded$177
Postage$164
Social media and online ads$140

Largest payees: Cineskye Visuals $750 TV and cable · Bromar Printing $386 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Sportsman's Alliance of Maine $350 Event tickets · Town of Norridgewock $250 Contributions to others · Wild West Domains, LLC $243 Website · Tracy Quint for District 8 $200 Contributions to others · Amazon.com, Inc. $174 Other · United States Postal Service $164 Postage

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

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Paul Fortin
agriculture · Self employed · Madison
Person$1,500
Thomas Dillon
Broker Agency · T.R. Dillon Logging · Anson
Person$1,000
Waste Management
Houston
Business$1,000
Somerset County Republican Committee
Skowhegan
Party committee$1,000
Dirigo PAC
Alexandria
PAC$1,000
On the Road to Maine's Future PAC
Augusta
PAC$500
The Cigna Group Employee PAC
Philadelphia
PAC$500
Renew The American Dream PAC
Arlington
PAC$500
Jeffery A Lloyd
retired · Madison
Person$350
Bradlee Farrin
Manager · MiltonCAT · Norridgewock
Person$250
Craig E Christopher
retired · Madison
Person$200
Renee Bristow
general business · R & B's Home Source · Madison
Person$200
Philip and Deanna Curtis
Road Consultant - Cty Unorganized Territories · Self employed · Madison
Person$200
Brian Schilling
healthcare medical · OCMHS · Mercer
Person$200
David Thibault
financial investment · Franklin-Somerset FCU · Skowhegan
Person$200

Ducharme, III, John E. 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

$128spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
People Over Politics PAC
1 expenditure · the race
for$128

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
Thomas Dillon
Broker Agency, T.R. Dillon Logging · Anson
$1,0003
Somerset County Republican Committee
Party committee · Skowhegan
$1,0003
Dirigo PAC
Group or PAC · Alexandria
$1,00061
The Cigna Group Employee PAC
Group or PAC · Philadelphia
$5008
Renew the American Dream PAC
Group or PAC · Arlington
$50021
Bradlee Farrin
Other, Milton CAT · Norridgewock
$2503
Caroline Geishecker
retail sales, Kaleidoscope Imprints · Cornville
$1002
Jason Briggs
general business, Conway Scenic RR · Biddeford
$6015
Diane Pinkham
retired, Unknown · Madison
$502
Dana Berry
retired · Norridgewock
$252