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Lynn Copeland D

State Representative, District 130

On the November ballot: State House District 130 (Saco)

June 9 primary for State House District 130 (Democratic): won, 1,493 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

House District 130 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 8% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 5 (1 became law) — LD 522, HP 1445, LD 1476, LD 1957, LD 1857

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Lynn Copeland: 7 from 6 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)
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
Appalachian Mountain Club Elizabeth Townsend	Event: informational reception · January 2025 · names 26 members	$1,726
Maine Council on Aging Jessica Fay	Event: Caucus on Aging - Lunch and Learn · March 2026 · names 28 members	$335
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
Maine Forest Products Council Patrick Strauch	Event: Legislative Breakfast/Timber Talk · April 2025 · names 27 members	$731.02

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

$8,278raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $2,337 spent

$900itemized in 2026, 9 contributions

$7,300Clean Election funding paid this year

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$5,941cash 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: $1,512

Palm cards, signs, stickers$1,329

Mail house$183

Largest payees: Signs on the Cheap $1,242 Palm cards, signs, stickers · United States Postal Service $183 Mail house · Frame Strategies $75 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Staples $12 Palm cards, signs, stickers

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
Daniel P. Chadbourne Fisherman · Self · Saco	Person	$100
Gregory Copeland government civil · City of Biddeford · Arundel	Person	$100
Sandy Katz retired · Saco	Person	$100
Jim Katz retired · Saco	Person	$100
Scott Harriman government civil · City of Lewiston · Lewiston	Person	$100
Donald Pilon real estate professional · Maine Real Estate Network · Saco	Person	$100
Samuel Zager healthcare medical · Martin’s Point · Portland	Person	$100
Holly T. Sargent government civil · Maine Legislature · York	Person	$100
Robert E. Palmer, Jr. real estate professional · Self · York	Person	$100

Copeland, Lynn 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.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded	By party
Scott Harriman government civil, City of Lewiston · Lewiston	$100	19