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Rachel Talbot Ross D
State Senator, District 28
On the November ballot: State Senate District 28 (Portland)
June 9 primary for State Senate District 28 (Democratic): won, 8,779 votes (100%)
Home
- Single-family home: $584,600 assessed
Portland certified a ratio of 90% for 2024; a later assessment may follow a revaluation, so no market estimate is made.
From the Portland assessor's database, found by searching for Rachel Talbot Ross'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.
In the Legislature
Senate District 28 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 703 recorded votes, 3% not voting
Bills they sponsored: 113 (33 became law) — LD 243, LD 245, LD 246, LD 259, LD 395, LD 473, LD 589, LD 698, LD 982, LD 1202, LD 1861, LD 1871, LD 1937, LD 1965 …
Named in lobbyists' reports
Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Rachel Talbot Ross: 8 from 6 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 Center for Economic Policy
Maura Pillsbury | Event: luncheon briefing · January 2026 · names 35 members | $505.19 |
| Event: Luncheon presentation · May 2025 · names 26 members | $262.50 |
| Event: lunchtime briefing · February 2024 · names 25 members | $589.08 |
Maine Conservation Alliance
Sarah Woodbury | Event: Legislative Briefing on Tribal Sovereignty and Lake and Farmland Funding · March 2026 · names 7 members | $325.14 |
Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME)
Michael Saxl | Event: Life Sciences Lunch and Learn · February 2026 · names 26 members | $511.47 |
AARP
Noel Bonam | Event: Legislative Lunch & Learn on Older Adult Issues and Vital Voices Survey · May 2025 · names 51 members | $1,480.31 |
Appalachian Mountain Club
Elizabeth Townsend | Event: informational reception · January 2025 · names 26 members | $1,726 |
Giffords
Joseph Platte | Event: Program reception · August 2024 | $2,932 |
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
$1,619raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $0 spent
$0itemized in 2026, 0 contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$1,619cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
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Talbot Ross, Rachel 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.