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Mark Cooper R

State Representative, District 107

On the November ballot: State House District 107 (Windham)

June 9 primary for State House District 107 (Republican): won, 769 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

Context Outside spending

Outside groups spent $37,505 for or against them, more than their campaign's $11,290

Independent expenditures: $23,614 supporting and $13,891 opposing. The largest: Prosper Maine PAC $23,492 (for); MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $6,221 (against); MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $3,645 (against); REBUILD MAINE $2,913 (against).

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

In the Legislature

House District 107 · 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 720 recorded votes, 5% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 3 (3 became law) — LD 603, LD 1188, LD 1702

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Mark Cooper: 15 from 8 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)
Maine Forest Products Council Krysta West	Event: Timber Talk: State of the Forest Products Industry · February 2026 · names 14 members	$337.01
	Event: Timber Talk Legislative Breakfasts · January 2026 · names 17 members	$817.73
	Event: Legislative Breakfast/Timber Talk · April 2025 · names 27 members	$731.02
	Event: Legislative Forestry Expo · March 2025 · names 29 members	$771.57
	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2025 · names 25 members	$720.50
	Event: Legislative Breakfast · January 2025 · names 23 members	$720.50
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
	Event: reception · February 2026 · names 15 members	$1,902.59
	Event: informational reception · January 2025 · names 26 members	$1,726
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast Dana Doran	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2026 · names 43 members	$1,933
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
AARP Noel Bonam	Event: Legislative Lunch & Learn on Older Adult Issues and Vital Voices Survey · May 2025 · names 51 members	$1,480.31
Maine Association of REALTORS J. Andrew Cashman	Event: Meet & Greet · February 2025 · names 19 members	$3,768.17

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

$11,290raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $3,236 spent

$690itemized in 2026, 9 contributions

$10,600Clean Election funding paid this year

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$8,054cash 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: $3,236

Professional services$1,028

Social media and online ads$1,000

Palm cards, signs, stickers$811

Office and utilities$282

Newspaper and print ads$115

Largest payees: Spectrum Marketing Companies $1,811 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Staples $1,180 Office and utilities · Amazon $131 Office and utilities · Windham Eagle $115 Newspaper and print ads

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
Kenneth Cianchette food services · Erik's Church · Windham	Person	$100
Thomas Tyler retired · Windham	Person	$100
Sandra Tyler retired · Windham	Person	$100
Virginia Woodman retired · Windham	Person	$100
Holly McKenny retired · Pownal	Person	$100
Thomas McKenny retired · Pownal	Person	$100
Doris Meehan retired · Windham	Person	$50
Lawrence McDonald retired · Windham	Person	$20
David Brinkman retired · Windham	Person	$20

Cooper, Mark C. 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

$23,614spent supporting them

$13,891spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Prosper Maine PAC 8 expenditures · the race	for	$23,492
MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE 6 expenditures · the race	against	$6,221
MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND 2 expenditures · the race	against	$3,645
REBUILD MAINE 3 expenditures · the race	against	$2,913
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC 1 expenditure · the race	against	$808
MPA CAMPAIGN VOTE! 1 expenditure · the race	against	$304
People Over Politics PAC 1 expenditure · the race	for	$122

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.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Thomas Tyler retired · Windham	$100	2
Virginia Woodman retired, Retired · Windham	$100	2
Doris Meehan retired · Windham	$50	3
David Brinkman retired · Windham	$20	2