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Mike Lance R

State Representative, District 79

On the November ballot: State House District 79 (Paris)

June 9 primary for State House District 79 (Republican): won, 1,046 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

House District 79 · 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 720 recorded votes, 6% not voting

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Mike Lance: 2 from 2 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)
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 · Traditionally financed

$2,250raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $771 spent

$2,250itemized in 2026, 5 contributions

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$1,479cash 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: $766

Palm cards, signs, stickers$761

Bank and other fees$5

Largest payees: Spectrum VSP $489 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Muddy River Signs $272 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Androscoggin Bank $5 Bank and other fees

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
Dirigo PAC Alexandria	PAC	$1,000
Still Fed up with Taxes Turner	PAC	$500
Renew the American Dream PAC Arlington	PAC	$500
Taking Care of Business PAC North Turner	PAC	$250

Lance, Michael J. 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

$121spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
People Over Politics PAC 1 expenditure · the race	for	$121

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
Dirigo PAC Group or PAC · Alexandria	$1,000	61
Still Fed Up With Taxes Group or PAC · Turner	$500	24
Renew the American Dream PAC Group or PAC · Arlington	$500	21