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Peter Southam D
On the November ballot: State Senate District 19 (Bethel)
June 9 primary for State Senate District 19 (Democratic): won, 4,069 votes (100%)
Financial disclosure, 2025
From the personal financial disclosure they filed with the Maine Ethics Commission on July 29, 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.
Businesses they own or hold a stake in
- Bethel Alternative Energy, LLC (Property Development and Management) · Bethel, ME
Other income
- TIAA · Retirement Plan or Pension and Annuity
- Edward Jones · Investment and Interest Income
Positions
- Member - Board of Directors, Inland Woods and Trails · Bethel, ME
Family members
- A family member: Manager, The Gem Theater (Arts and Entertainment) · Bethel, ME
- A family member: Select Board member, Town of Bethel (State and Local Government) · Bethel, ME
- A family member: President, Bethel Outing Club · Bethel, ME
Campaign money: Senator · Clean Election
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How it was spent: $20,105
Largest payees: DS Political $5,640 Social media and online ads · Frame Media Strategies, LLC $5,175 Mail house · Erikson Communication Group ,Inc $3,184 Social media and online ads · Capitol Promotions $1,647 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Meta $1,200 Social media and online ads · Run! $1,000 Website · Jimmy McHugh $900 Other · Saturn Business Services, Inc. $621 Mail house
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Southam retired · Bethel | Person | $100 |
| Jeffrey Sloan retired · Hanover | Person | $100 |
| Julie Reiff retired · Bethel | Person | $100 |
| Laura Allen-Tummon retired · Bethel | Person | $100 |
| Arthur Southam retired · Santa Monica | Person | $100 |
| Cornelia Daly retired · Santa Monica | Person | $100 |
| James Tasse retired · Greenwood | Person | $100 |
| Janet Hallbergh retired · Myrtle Beach | Person | $100 |
| Ania Wright media public relations · Center for Ecology Based Education · Bethel | Person | $100 |
| David Walker retired · newry | Person | $100 |
| Jennifer Ouellette retired · Jay | Person | $100 |
| Jeffrey Newsom retired · Bethel | Person | $100 |
| Dawn Van De Mark Information Requested · Holden | Person | $100 |
| Sarah Southam office and administrative occupations · The Gem Theater · Bethel | Person | $100 |
| Elizabeth Bayard not currently employed · Tucson | Person | $100 |
Southam, Peter 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
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| REBUILD MAINE 2 expenditures · the race | for | $8,482 |
| MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE 1 expenditure · the race | for | $1,345 |
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 | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Bryant Other, Not Employed · Dixfield | $100 | 4 | |
| Ellen Grunblatt retired, Self Employed · Jay | $50 | 3 | |
| Teresa Pierce government civil, State of Maine · Falmouth | $50 | 6 |