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Jim White R

State Representative, District 30

On the November ballot: State House District 30 (Guilford)

June 9 primary for State House District 30 (Republican): won, 1,632 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

House District 30 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 0% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 9 (2 became law) — LD 863, LD 2068, LD 303, LD 885, LD 928, LD 1032, LD 534, LD 1583, LD 1862

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Jim White: 4 from 4 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)
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast Dana Doran	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2026 · names 43 members	$1,933
Maine Forest Products Council Krysta West	Event: Timber Talk Legislative Breakfasts · January 2026 · names 17 members	$817.73
DraftKings Inc. Michael Saxl	Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members	$1,676.92
Appalachian Mountain Club Elizabeth Townsend	Event: Informational reception · January 2024 · names 24 members	$1,501.24

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

$3,285raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $1,079 spent

$3,200itemized in 2025 and 2026, 8 contributions

$500raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$2,205cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)

Where their contributions come from

22%63%16%

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

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How it was spent: $1,079

Not coded$416

Food for events and volunteers$331

Travel$222

Palm cards, signs, stickers$110

Largest payees: Walmart $168 Not coded · senator inn $166 Not coded · Aviator H $130 Travel · Bangor Letter shop $110 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Maple $103 Food for events and volunteers · Forester $100 Food for events and volunteers · Irving $92 Travel · Maine GOP $70 Food for events and volunteers

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
DIRIGO PAC Alexandria	PAC	$1,000
Grow Maine PAC Poland	PAC	$500
PCRC dover foxcroft	Party committee	$500
Maine Issues & Action Agusta ME	PAC	$500
Peter Johnson Military · ret. · Greenvill	Person	$500
Ann Downs retired · sebec	Person	$100
Karl Watler not currently employed · greenville	Person	$100

White, James Lee 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

$141spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
People Over Politics PAC 1 expenditure · the race	for	$141

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
Dirigo PAC Group or PAC · Alexandria	$1,000	61
Grow Maine PAC Group or PAC · Poland	$500	19
Peter Johnson Military, ret. · Greenvill	$500	2