Financial disclosure, 2025
From the personal financial disclosure they filed with the Maine Ethics Commission on August 10, 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
- Town Councilor and substitute teacher, Town of Yarmouth, Maine (State and Local Government) · Yarmouth, ME
Self-employment
- Karin Orenstein (Cultural property consultant) · Yarmouth, ME
Clients: U.S Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York (Legal Services)
Businesses they own or hold a stake in
- Orenstein ADR LLC (Legal Services) · Yarmouth, ME
Other income
- J P Morgan Securities LLC · Investment and Interest Income
- J P Morgan Securities LLC · Capital Gains
- Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. · Investment and Interest Income
Positions
- Management Committee member, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership · Portland, ME
Gifts, travel and lodging
- From a private individual · Tangible Goods: Used car
Family members
- A family member: Owner, Orenstein ADR LLC (Legal Services) · Yarmouth, ME
- A family member: Member - Board of Directors, Temple Beth El · Augusta, ME
- A family member: Member - Board of Directors, Royal River Community Players · Yarmouth, ME
- A family member: J P Morgan Securities LLC · Investment and Interest Income
- A family member: J P Morgan Securities LLC · Capital Gains
- A family member: VCSP/College America American Funds · Investment and Interest Income
- A family member: JPMorgan Brok-Dealer Hldg, Inc. · Retirement Plan or Pension and Annuity
Home
- Single-family home: $2,037,300 assessed, 2026
Yarmouth certified a ratio of 63% for 2024; a later assessment may follow a revaluation, so no market estimate is made.
From the Yarmouth assessor's database, found by searching for Karin Orenstein's name in the town where they live, as owner or co-owner of a home. The address isn't published. A home held in a trust, a company or someone else's name isn't found.
Campaign money: Representative · Clean Election
$3,675raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $1,000 spent
$800itemized in 2026, 8 contributions
$2,675Clean Election funding paid this year
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$2,675cash 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: $1,000
Palm cards, signs, stickers$620
Mail house$230
Website$98
Office and utilities$52
Largest payees: SignRocket.com $373 Palm cards, signs, stickers · United States Postal Service $271 Mail house · Canva US, Inc. $121 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Dale Rand Printing $118 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Squarespace, Inc. $84 Website · Google LLC $14 Website · Walmart.com $11 Office and utilities · Staples $8 Palm cards, signs, stickers
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
James Orenstein attorney legal · Self · Yarmouth | Person | $100 |
Karin Orenstein government civil · Town of Yarmouth, Maine · Yarmouth | Person | $100 |
Oliver Klapper retired · Boynton Beach | Person | $100 |
Susan Klapper retired · Boynton Beach | Person | $100 |
Theresa Pierce government civil · State of Maine · Falmouth | Person | $100 |
Christine Force government civil · Freeport Community Services · Yarmouth | Person | $100 |
Judith Baron retired · Brooklyn | Person | $100 |
Martin Baron retired · Brooklyn | Person | $100 |
Orenstein, Karin 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.