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Before the Ethics Commission (2024-12-18): Request for Penalty Waiver – Leo Kenney
Leo Kenney, a candidate for the Maine Senate, was required to file a campaign finance report on October 25, 2024, eleven days before the general election. His treasurer filed the report one day late. Mr. Kenney requests a waiver of a preliminary penalty of $835.37. In the waiver request, Mr. Kenney stated his treasurer was busy until late in the evening of October 25, but logged in and completed the report after midnight. Staff recommendation: the staff recommends reducing the preliminary penalty to $300. The motion: “To find the report was filed late and reduce the fine to $300” Vote: 4-0.
What to check- The Commission's decision, in the motion and the minutes
The Commission's meeting of 2024-12-18The 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
Context Outside spending
Outside groups spent $101,647 for or against them, more than their campaign's $58,616
Independent expenditures: $65,817 supporting and $35,830 opposing. The largest: Prosper Maine PAC $36,123 (for); MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $35,830 (against); Maine Senate Republicans $24,715 (for); WASHINGTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE $3,555 (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
Financial disclosure, 2025
From the personal financial disclosure they filed with the Maine Ethics Commission on July 20, 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.
Businesses they own or hold a stake in
- SBK Consulting LLC (Professional and Business Services) · Orono, ME
- LCK Properties LLC (Property Rental) · Orono, ME
Campaign money: Senator · Clean Election
$58,616raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $19,394 spent
$2,980itemized in 2025 and 2026, 31 contributions
$2,980raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)
$55,636Clean Election funding paid this year
$30from the candidate (incl. loans)
$39,223cash 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
Compare with all 2026 candidates →
How it was spent: $19,394
Palm cards, signs, stickers$7,912
Professional services$3,881
Apparel$1,809
Mail house$1,641
TV and cable$1,000
Postage$785
Travel$767
Office and utilities$440
Equipment$440
Food for events and volunteers$393
Largest payees: Spectrum Marketing $8,910 Mail house · Mainely Strategies $3,000 Professional services · Sticky Flyer Advertising $1,557 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Workstore LLC $960 Apparel · Staples $901 Office and utilities · Leo Kenney $758 Travel · Maine Republican Party $554 Postage · Uprinting $539 Palm cards, signs, stickers
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
John Kenney
Construction Engineering · Retired · Glenburn | Person | $100 |
Dwight Hasbrouck
Food Services · Restaurant Owners · Orono | Person | $100 |
Emily Hasbrouck
Gaming Industry · Restaurant Owner · Orono | Person | $100 |
Jerry Livengood
Other · AIM Recycling · Orono | Person | $100 |
Eileen Rogers
Retired · Retired · Old Town | Person | $100 |
Neal Rogers
Retired · Retired · Old Town | Person | $100 |
David Pickering
General Business · PFG Northcenter · Orono | Person | $100 |
Joanne Kenney
Retired · Retired · Old Town | Person | $100 |
Theresa Nevells
Retired · Retired · Lincoln | Person | $100 |
Nancy Bond
General Business · Active Cleaning Service, Inc · Shapleigh | Person | $100 |
Cheri L'Esperance
Office And Administrative Occupations · William Shouldice & Assoc LLC · Leicester | Person | $100 |
Carol B Shouldice
Lobbyist · William Shouldice & Assoc LLC · Leicester | Person | $100 |
Heather F Shouldice
Lobbyist · William Shouldice & Assoc LLC · Leicester | Person | $100 |
William C Shouldice III
Manufacturing · William Shouldice & Assoc LLC · Leicester | Person | $100 |
Brandon J Ryder
Healthcare Medical · Northern Light Health · Veazie | Person | $100 |
Kenney, Leo Christopher 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.