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Michael Scott D

On the November ballot: State Senate District 20 (Auburn)

June 9 primary for State Senate District 20 (Democratic): won, 4,412 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 $96,317 for or against them, more than their campaign's $85,085

Independent expenditures: $77,818 supporting and $18,499 opposing. The largest: MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $72,779 (for); Lead Maine Action $18,499 (against); REBUILD MAINE $3,614 (for); MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $1,425 (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 August 3, 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.

Jobs

Self-employment

Other income

Positions

Family members

Home

Auburn certified a ratio of 93% for 2024; a later assessment may follow a revaluation, so no market estimate is made.

From the Auburn assessor's database, found by searching for Michael Scott'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.

Campaign money: Senator · Clean Election

$85,150raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $34,429 spent
$2,935itemized in 2026, 38 contributions
$82,150Clean Election funding paid this year
$19from the candidate (incl. loans)
$50,721cash 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

Compare with all 2026 candidates →

How it was spent: $33,429

Social media and online ads$13,680
Palm cards, signs, stickers$5,223
Professional services$5,000
Mail house$3,600
Postage$2,837
Staff and consultants$1,368
Website$1,014
Newspaper and print ads$519
Bank and other fees$137
Office and utilities$52

Largest payees: DS Political $11,280 Social media and online ads · Erikson Communication Group $6,368 Staff and consultants · FRAME Media Strategies $6,100 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Meta $2,400 Social media and online ads · Just Yard Signs, INC. $1,990 Palm cards, signs, stickers · USPS $1,575 Postage · RUN! WEBSITE BUILDER $1,000 Website · United States Postal Service - Great Falls Plaza $774 Postage

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

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Ned Claxton
not currently employed · Auburn
Person$100
Robert Reynolds
government civil · US House · Washington
Person$100
Lisa Harmon
not currently employed · Auburn
Person$100
Jeffrey Harmon
government civil · City of Auburn · Auburn
Person$100
Joseph Pelliccia
not currently employed · Auburn
Person$100
Barbara Lounsbury
not currently employed · Auburn
Person$100
Henk Goorhuis
not currently employed · Auburn
Person$100
Matthew Quinn
agriculture · The Cornville Christmas Tree Company · Cornville
Person$100
Kilton Webb
construction engineering · IBEW · Durham
Person$100
Ronald Green
retired · Plymouth
Person$100
Amy Roeder
office and administrative occupations · Forest Society of Maine · Bangor
Person$100
Robert Duplessie
retired · Winslow
Person$100
Ken Bellefleur
not currently employed · Auburn
Person$100
Helen Clougherty
not currently employed · Treasure Island
Person$100
David Projansky
office and administrative occupations · Maine DHHS · Lewiston
Person$100

Scott, Michael R. 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

$77,818spent supporting them
$18,499spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
18 expenditures · the race
for$72,779
Lead Maine Action
2 expenditures · the race
against$18,499
REBUILD MAINE
1 expenditure · the race
for$3,614
MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND
1 expenditure · the race
for$1,425

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
Ned Claxton
not currently employed, Not Employed · Auburn
$1006
Jeffrey Harmon
government civil, City of Auburn Maine · Auburn
$1006
Barbara Lounsbury
not currently employed, Not Currently Employed · Auburn
$1002
Henk Goorhuis
not currently employed, Not Currently Employed · Auburn
$1005
Matthew Quinn
general business, Self · Cornville
$1006
Kilton Webb
general business, IBEW Local 567 · Durham
$1003
Amy Roeder
office and administrative occupations, Forest Society of Maine · Bangor
$1007
Robert Duplessie
retired, Unknown · Winslow
$1003
David Projansky
office and administrative occupations, Maine DHHS · Lewiston
$1004
Susan Martin
not currently employed, N/A · Auburn
$1002
Michael Crouse
Labor Representative, Professional Firefighters of Maine · Kittery
$1002
Michael Scott
retired, retired · Auburn
$502
Jason Shedlock
Union Rep, Laborers' New England Region · South Portland
$504
Cynthia Elias
Other, Not Employed · Auburn
$503
Faith Barker
not currently employed · Auburn
$502