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Laurie Osher D

State Representative, District 25

On the November ballot: State House District 25 (Orono)

June 9 primary for State House District 25 (Democratic): won, 706 votes (100%)

Home

Market value: the assessed value at Orono's certified ratio of 100% (2024).

From the Orono assessor's database, found by searching for Laurie Osher'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 25 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 7% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 33 (15 became law) — LD 72, LD 73, LD 493, LD 999, LD 1897, LD 1925, LD 1934, LD 1970, LD 624, LD 929, LD 1328, LD 1634, LD 1682, LD 886 …

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Laurie Osher: 20 from 13 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, whenCost (all named)
Maine Conservation Alliance
Sarah Woodbury
Event: Legislative Briefing on the Climate Superfund · March 2026 · names 10 members$0
Event: Documentary Screening · March 2026 · names 9 members$0
Event: Legislative Briefing on Tribal Sovereignty and Lake and Farmland Funding · March 2026 · names 7 members$325.14
Maine Center for Economic Policy
Maura Pillsbury
Event: Lunch and Learn on Guaranteed Basic Income in Maine · February 2026 · names 18 members$315.20
Event: luncheon briefing · January 2026 · names 35 members$505.19
Event: Luncheon presentation · May 2025 · names 26 members$262.50
Maine Forest Products Council
Krysta West
Event: Timber Talk Legislative Breakfasts · January 2026 · names 17 members$817.73
Event: Legislative Forestry Expo · March 2025 · names 29 members$771.57
Event: Legislative Breakfast · January 2025 · names 23 members$720.50
Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME)
Michael Saxl
Event: Innovation & Growth Caucus Lunch & Learn - Blue Economy · March 2026 · names 26 members$707.80
Event: Life Sciences Lunch and Learn · February 2026 · names 26 members$511.47
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Linda Caprara
Event: Introducing Maine Economic Vision 2025 · May 2026 · names 5 members$4,050
Appalachian Mountain Club
Elizabeth Townsend
Event: Lunch & Learn On Land for Maine's Future; costs divided among 3 organizations · March 2026 · names 29 members$528
Maine Council on Aging
Jessica Fay
Event: Caucus on Aging - Lunch and Learn · March 2026 · names 28 members$335
ModivCare
Michael Saxl
Event: Non-emergency Transportation Lunch and Learn · March 2026 · names 22 members$420.75
Maine Audubon
Francesca Gundrum
Event: Educational Event - Land for Maine's Future (LMF) Briefing and Lunch - cost of event was split three ways between Natural Resources Council of Maine, Appalachian Mountain Club, and Maine Audubon (individual org cost for event = $184.10) · February 2026 · names 31 members$553
Natural Resources Council of Maine
Pete Didisheim
Event: LMF Lunch and Learn · February 2026 · names 29 members$530.93
DraftKings Inc.
Michael Saxl
Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members$1,676.92
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast
Dana Doran
Event: Legislative Breakfast · March 2025 · names 26 members$2,763
Maine Children's Alliance
Rita Furlow
Event: Reception · March 2024 · names 8 members$2,295

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 · Clean Election

$8,300raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $3,460 spent
$1,000itemized in 2026, 21 contributions
$7,300Clean Election funding paid this year
$50from the candidate (incl. loans)
$4,840cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea Report)
Where their contributions come from

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

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How it was spent: $3,460

Travel$1,082
Professional services$853
Equipment$823
Office and utilities$277
Website$204
Other$134
Food for events and volunteers$87

Largest payees: Best Buy $928 Equipment · Bangor Solutions $500 Professional services · Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park $473 Travel · American Airlines $369 Travel · Wix.com, Inc $204 Website · Staples $172 Office and utilities · Gen Digital Inc. – Privacy $158 Professional services · Zoom Communications, Inc. $144 Professional services

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

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Jennifer Barrett
teacher education · North Country Community College · Plattsburgh
Person$100
Daniel Newman
manufacturing · Anduril · Lafayette Hill
Person$100
MarySue Fisher
retired · Oakland
Person$100
Stephanie Newman
retired · Jenkintown
Person$100
Paul Newman
retired · Rockville
Person$100
Anne Romans
retired · Blue Hill
Person$50
Mike Tipping
government civil · Maine Legislature · Orono
Person$50
Valery & David Levy
retired · Orono
Person$50
Micahel Gluck
science technology · Academy Health · Washington
Person$50
Laurie Osher
government civil · Maine Legislature · Orono
The candidate$50
Cindy Lieffer
retired · Greenbush
Person$36
Barbara Kates
retired · Bangor
Person$36
Beckey Tapley
teacher education · Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance · Penobscot
Person$36
Tomasz Z Herzog
teacher education · University of Maine Presque Isle · Presque Isle
Person$36
MaryEllen Schneider
retired · Philadelphia
Person$25

Osher, Laurie 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

$720spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
MPA CAMPAIGN VOTE!
2 expenditures · the race
for$637
MPA Votes
1 expenditure · the race
for$83

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.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Clare Davitt
Other, State of Maine · Bangor
$253