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 $27,240 for or against them, more than their campaign's $18,199
Independent expenditures: $9,807 supporting and $17,433 opposing. The largest: Lead Maine Action $17,433 (against); MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $3,264 (for); REBUILD MAINE $3,174 (for); MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $2,659 (for).
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: University of New England (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 9, 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.
Jobs
- Adjunct Professor, University of New England (Education) · Biddeford, ME
- Graduate Research Assistant, University of New Hampshire (Education) · Durham, NH
Positions
- Member - Board of Directors, Strategies for a Stronger Sanford · Sanford, ME
Family members
- A family member: Engineer, Pratt & Whitney (Manufacturing) · East Hartford, CT
Campaign money: Representative · Clean Election
$18,199raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $6,132 spent
$1,000itemized in 2025 and 2026, 10 contributions
$700raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)
$17,199Clean Election funding paid this year
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$12,068cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea Report)
Where their contributions come from
100%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal nationsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $6,132
Palm cards, signs, stickers$5,058
Postage$827
Website$246
Largest payees: Capitol Promotions Inc. $2,583 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Copy Kats $2,475 Palm cards, signs, stickers · United States Postal Service (USPS) $827 Postage · Squarespace, Inc. $200 Website · Microsoft Corporation $46 Website
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Beverly Hill
retired · Burnsville | Person | $100 |
Judith Formul
Information Requested · Lauderhill | Person | $100 |
Gabby Gosling
real estate professional · Self Employed · West Palm Beach | Person | $100 |
Maria C Montoya- Barkas
Healthcare Medical · Niemi Endodontics · Palm Bay | Person | $100 |
Jeffery Miller
Clergy Faith Based · Southern Reconciliation Ministries · Burnsville | Person | $100 |
Lida Wang
Manufacturing · AVED Oncology · Fort Pierce | Person | $100 |
Nancy Henkelman
Clergy Faith Based · Southern Reconciliation Ministries · Burnsville | Person | $100 |
Richard Hoerlein
Not Currently Employed · Retired · Auburn | Person | $100 |
John Thompson
Other · Whatcom County Public Works Department · Bellingham | Person | $100 |
Norma Thompson
Not Currently Employed · Retired · Groveland | Person | $100 |
Henkelman III, John Robert 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.