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Mattie Daughtry D
State Senator, District 23
On the November ballot: State Senate District 23 (Brunswick)
June 9 primary for State Senate District 23 (Democratic): won, 10,626 votes (100%)
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Worth a look Ethics Commission
Before the Ethics Commission (2022-12-21): Request for Waiver of Late Filing Penalty – Hon. Matthea Daughtry
Senator Matthea Daughtry was a candidate for re-election in the 2022 general election. She was required to file the 11-Day Pre-General Report on October 28, 2022. Her campaign filed it one day late on October 29. The preliminary penalty for the late report is $658.21. Sen. Daughtry requests a waiver because the campaign’s authorized agent was unavailable during the evening of October 28 and the report was filed 13 minutes late. Staff recommendation: the Commission staff recommend reducing the penalty to $300.00. The motion: “To reduce the penalty to $150.” Vote: 5-0.
What to check- The Commission's decision, in the motion and the minutes
The Commission's meeting of 2022-12-21The 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
In the Legislature
Senate District 23 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,267 recorded votes, 3% not voting
Bills they sponsored: 63 (35 became law) — LD 29, LD 30, LD 135, LD 396, LD 894, LD 1069, LD 1209, LD 1287, LD 1340, LD 1456, LD 1637, LD 1648, LD 1770, LD 1858 …
Named in lobbyists' reports
Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Mattie Daughtry: 4 from 3 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) |
|---|
Charter Communications Operating, LLC
Kate Gore | Spent on officials: Meal/Beverage · October 2025 | $75 |
| Spent on officials: Meal/Beverage · October 2025 | $52.62 |
Charter Communications, Inc.
Kate Gore | Spent on officials: Meal/Beverage · October 2024 | $75 |
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Linda Caprara | Event: Legislative Summit · February 2024 | $285.49 |
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: Senator · Traditionally financed
$2,723raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $1,133 spent
$1,050itemized in 2026, 3 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$1,590cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General 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: $1,133
Office and utilities$877
Not coded$212
Bank and other fees$45
Largest payees: NGP VAN, Inc $1,087 Office and utilities · ActBlue Technical Services $47 Bank and other fees
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Adam Lee
automotive industry · Lee Auto Malls · Cumberland | Person | $950 |
Richard Woodbury
financial investment · NBER · Yarmouth | Person | $100 |
Larsen Daughtry, Matthea Elisabeth 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 |
|---|
Adam Lee
automotive industry, Lee Auto Malls · Cumberland | $950 | 4 | |
Richard Woodbury
financial investment, NBER · Yarmouth | $100 | 2 | |