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Laura Supica D
State Representative, District 22
On the November ballot: State House District 22 (Bangor)
June 9 primary for State House District 22 (Democratic): won, 802 votes (100%)
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
Worth a look State contracts
Filed 2 statements of bids on state contracts (2025); 1 signed after the bid's expected date
Bids by them or an organization they're associated with: Maine Mental Health Connections, Inc. to Office of the Attorney General (Work center, custodial bill); Maine Mental Health Connections to Bangor AFRC (Custodial). The statement for Bangor AFRC was signed 2025-04-08, after the expected date of 2025-04-07.
What to check- Whether the contract was awarded (the statements disclose bids, not awards)
- The Commission's stamp of receipt against the day the bid was actually submitted
Office of the Attorney General: Work center, custodial billBangor AFRC: Custodial 2025-04-07
Rule: Statement of bid on a state contract
“When a Legislator or associated organization bids on a contract with a state governmental agency, the Legislator or associated organization shall file a statement with the commission no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day the bid is submitted”1 MRSA §1016-D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Worth a look Ethics Commission
Before the Ethics Commission (2025-02-26): Request for Penalty Waiver – Hon. Laura Supica
Rep. Laura Supica, a 2024 candidate for the Maine House of Representatives, was required to file a 24-Hour Report on October 26, 2024. Her treasurer filed the report on January 22, 2025. Rep. Supica requests a waiver of the preliminary penalty of $1,938.64. Staff recommendation: the Commission staff recommends reducing the penalty to $300. The motion: “To find the report was filed late and reduce the penalty to $300” Vote: 5-0.
What to check- The Commission's decision, in the motion and the minutes
The Commission's meeting of 2025-02-26The 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
Residential property in Bangor
- Home: $184,500 assessed, 2026
Bangor certified a ratio of 100% for 2024; a later assessment may follow a revaluation, so no market estimate is made.
From the Bangor assessor's database, found by searching for Laura Supica'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.
In the Legislature
House District 22 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 9% not voting
Bills they sponsored: 28 (11 became law) — LD 58, LD 494, LD 1185, LD 1755, LD 2095, LD 182, LD 604, LD 1354, LD 1381, LD 233, LD 391, LD 552, LD 1343, LD 1344 …
Bids on state contracts
Statements Laura Supica filed with the Ethics Commission before they, or an organization they're associated with, bid on a contract with a state agency (1 MRSA §1016-D). Filing one is what the law asks; it isn't a finding of anything.
| Organization | Agency, subject | Dates |
|---|
| Maine Mental Health Connections · Bangor | Bangor AFRC
Custodial | bid 2025-04-07
signed 2025-04-08
the form |
| Maine Mental Health Connections, Inc. · Bangor | Office of the Attorney General
Work center, custodial bill | signed 2025-03-25
the form |
Named in lobbyists' reports
Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Laura Supica: 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) |
|---|
ModivCare
Michael Saxl | Event: Non-emergency Transportation Lunch and Learn · March 2026 · names 22 members | $420.75 |
DraftKings Inc.
Michael Saxl | Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members | $1,676.92 |
Maine Center for Economic Policy
Maura Pillsbury | Event: Luncheon presentation · May 2025 · names 26 members | $262.50 |
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
$1,949raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $4 spent
$1,400itemized in 2026, 5 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$1,945cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)
Where their contributions come from
29%71%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal nationsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $4
Bank and other fees$4
Largest payees: ActBlue Technical Services $4 Bank and other fees
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Scott Harriman for State House
Lewiston | PAC | $1,000 |
Matt Dunlap
Auditor · State of Maine · Old Town | Person | $250 |
Beth Cooper
not currently employed · Ferndale | Person | $100 |
Michelle Dunphy
Assistant Clerk of the House · State of Maine · Old Town | Person | $50 |
Supica, Laura 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.
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Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 candidates.