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Ken Fredette R
State Representative, District 33
On the November ballot: State House District 33 (Newport)
June 9 primary for State House District 33 (Republican): won, 1,046 votes (100%)
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Worth a look Ethics Commission
Before the Ethics Commission (2022-04-27): Request for Waiver of Late-Filing Penalty – Lobbyist Kenneth Fredette
Kenneth Fredette registered as a lobbyist for his client, Voatz, on February 4, 2022. He was required to file a monthly report by March 15, 2022 but filed the report one week late. In a March 22, 2022 letter requesting a waiver of the preliminary $100 penalty, he explains that his firm had not lobbied the Legislature for the client and therefore missed the deadline. Staff recommendation: the staff recommended not waiving the $100 penalty. The motion: “Find that Lobbyist Kenneth Fredette violated 3 M.R.S. § 317 by not filing the March Lobbyist report by March 15 and impose a $100 penalty.” Vote: 5-0.
What to check- The Commission's decision, in the motion and the minutes
The Commission's meeting of 2022-04-27The staff memo
Rule: Late-filing penalty before the Ethics Commission
“A campaign finance report is not timely filed unless a properly signed or electronically submitted copy of the report, substantially conforming to the disclosure requirements of this subchapter, is received by the commission by 11:59 p.m. on the date it is due.”21-A MRSA §1020-A(2) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
In the Legislature
House District 33 · 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 720 recorded votes, 6% not voting
Bills they sponsored: 18 (2 became law) — LD 57, LD 176, LD 535, LD 742, LD 844, LD 845, LD 921, LD 1124, LD 1161, LD 1162, LD 1369, LD 1370, LD 1371, LD 1373 …
Named in lobbyists' reports
Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Ken Fredette: 2 from 2 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) |
|---|
DraftKings Inc.
Michael Saxl | Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members | $1,676.92 |
AARP
Noel Bonam | Event: Legislative Lunch & Learn on Older Adult Issues and Vital Voices Survey · May 2025 · names 51 members | $1,480.31 |
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
$2,701raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $1,088 spent
$2,700itemized in 2025 and 2026, 7 contributions
$1,000raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$1,613cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)
Where their contributions come from
59%22%19%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal nationsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $1,088
Newspaper and print ads$439
Events$341
Contributions to others$300
Bank and other fees$8
Largest payees: Rolling Thunder Express $439 Newspaper and print ads · Bernard for the House $300 Contributions to others · Tokya Japenese Stakehouse $300 Events · State of Maine Treasurer $41 Events · Sebasticook Valley Federal Credit Union $8 Bank and other fees
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Dirigo PAC
Alexandria | PAC | $500 |
Robert Foley
government civil · Legislator · Wells | Person | $500 |
Jonathan Kinney
Retired · Retired · Buxton | Person | $500 |
Rena Kinney
Retired · Retired · Buxton | Person | $500 |
BEV INC
BANGOR | Business | $300 |
Hasko, LLC
Bangor | Business | $300 |
Maurce Fredette
retired · Hermon | Person | $100 |
Fredette, Kenneth Wade 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
$148spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
| Spender | | Amount |
|---|
People Over Politics PAC
1 expenditure · the race | for | $148 |
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.