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Nicole Grohoski D

State Senator, District 7

On the November ballot: State Senate District 7 (Ellsworth)

June 9 primary for State Senate District 7 (Democratic): won, 8,379 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

Senate District 7 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,267 recorded votes, 2% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 58 (33 became law) — LD 465, LD 466, LD 1341, LD 1730, LD 1792, LD 1793, LD 1936, LD 2008, LD 2131, LD 2150, LD 2155, LD 2178, LD 2244, LD 681 …

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Nicole Grohoski: 14 from 9 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: Lunch & Learn Panel Discussion · February 2026 · names 27 members	$499
	Event: Legislative Breakfast/Timber Talk · April 2025 · names 27 members	$731.02
	Event: Legislative Breakfast · January 2025 · names 23 members	$720.50
Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME) Michael Saxl	Event: Innovation & Growth Caucus Lunch & Learn - Blue Economy · March 2026 · names 26 members	$707.80
Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME) Michael Saxl	Event: Life Sciences Lunch and Learn · February 2026 · names 26 members	$511.47
Appalachian Mountain Club Elizabeth Townsend	Event: reception · February 2026 · names 15 members	$1,902.59
Appalachian Mountain Club Elizabeth Townsend	Event: informational reception · January 2025 · names 26 members	$1,726
Maine Center for Economic Policy Maura Pillsbury	Event: Lunch and Learn on Guaranteed Basic Income in Maine · February 2026 · names 18 members	$315.20
Maine Center for Economic Policy Maura Pillsbury	Event: lunchtime briefing · February 2024 · names 25 members	$589.08
Maine Council on Aging Jessica Fay	Event: Caucus on Aging - Lunch and Learn · March 2026 · names 28 members	$335
Maine State Chamber of Commerce Linda Caprara	Event: Legislative Social · March 2026 · names 14 members	$2,620
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast Dana Doran	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2026 · names 43 members	$1,933
Google LLC and its Affiliates Ethan Gauvin	Event: Google's State Policy Summit · October 2025 · names 5 members	$8,895.46
AARP Noel Bonam	Event: Legislative Lunch & Learn on Older Adult Issues and Vital Voices Survey · May 2025 · names 51 members	$1,480.31

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 · Clean Election

$70,723raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $6,615 spent

$1,800itemized in 2025 and 2026, 18 contributions

$1,025raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)

$68,898Clean Election funding paid this year

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$64,109cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea Report)

$17,400debts and loans owed, as of that 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: $6,615

Radio$2,462

Palm cards, signs, stickers$1,824

Website$715

Equipment$570

Travel$489

Postage$365

Office and utilities$187

Bank and other fees$3

Largest payees: Erikson Communication Group $2,462 Radio · Dale Rand Printing $1,002 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Saturn Business Services, Inc. $780 Palm cards, signs, stickers · RUN! $700 Website · Amazon.com, Inc. $602 Equipment · Nicole Grohoski $439 Travel · USPS - Ellsworth $368 Postage · Staples - Augusta $154 Office and utilities

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
A. Irene Schmidt retired · Surry	Person	$100
David Zachow retired · Surry	Person	$100
Libbey Gulliver retired · Blue Hill	Person	$100
R. Theodore Fletcher retired · Surry	Person	$100
Bronson Platner retired · Ellsworth	Person	$100
Walter Dickes retired · Ellsworth	Person	$100
Karen Dickes retired · Ellsworth	Person	$100
Scott Harriman government civil · City of Lewiston · Lewiston	Person	$100
Moira O'Neill Not Currently Employed · Unemployed · Surry	Person	$100
Chris Spruce Retired · Retired · Ellsworth	Person	$100
Ellen Dohmen Retired · Retired · Bar Harbor	Person	$100
William Dohmen Retired · Retired · Bar Harbor	Person	$100
Nancy Patterson Retired · Retired · Ellsworth	Person	$100
Sarah Pebworth Other · Penobscot Bay Press · Blue Hill	Person	$100
Elizabeth Cutler Other · Self employed · Bar Harbor	Person	$100

Grohoski, Nicole 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.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
David Zachow retired · Surry	$100	2
Libbey Gulliver not currently employed, Retired · Blue Hill	$100	4
Bronson Platner Other, Not Employed · Ellsworth	$100	2
Karen Dickes not currently employed, Not Employed · Ellsworth	$100	2
Scott Harriman government civil, City of Lewiston · Lewiston	$100	19
Moira O'Neill Other, Not Employed · Surry	$100	2
Chris Spruce not currently employed, N/A · Ellsworth	$100	2
William Dohmen Other, Not Employed · Bar Harbor	$100	2
Nancy Patterson Retired, Retired · Ellsworth	$100	2
Elizabeth Cutler Other, Self employed · Bar Harbor	$100	2
Jeffrey Miller Real Estate Professional, Coastal Maine Realty · Bar Harbor	$100	2
Alfred Judd Other, Not Employed · Surry	$100	2
George Borowsky not currently employed, Not Employed · Surry	$100	2