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Rick Mason R

State Representative, District 97

On the November ballot: State Senate District 17 (Lisbon)

June 9 primary for State Senate District 17 (Republican): won, 4,368 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

House District 97 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 3% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 8 (3 became law) — LD 47, LD 2054, LD 937, LD 1083, LD 687, LD 434, LD 672, HP 1233

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Rick Mason: 4 from 4 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)
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast Dana Doran	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2026 · names 43 members	$1,933
DraftKings Inc. Michael Saxl	Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members	$1,676.92
Sportsmans Alliance of Maine (SAM ILA) Arnold Trahan	Event: SAM-ILA Congress · February 2025 · names 4 members	$1,871.10
Maine Forest Products Council Patrick Strauch	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2025 · names 25 members	$720.50

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

$6,659raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $3,798 spent

$6,626itemized in 2026, 18 contributions

$26from the candidate (incl. loans)

$2,860cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)

Where their contributions come from

23%15%38%9%15%

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal nationsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

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How it was spent: $3,798

Mail house$1,470

Palm cards, signs, stickers$1,378

Other$500

Event tickets$450

Largest payees: SPECTRUM MARKETING $2,848 Palm cards, signs, stickers · PINE POINT CREATIVE $500 Other · ANDROSCOGGIN GOP $450 Event tickets

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
ON THE ROAD TO MAINE'S FUTURE AUGUSTA	PAC	$1,000
STILL FED UP WITH TAXES TURNER	PAC	$1,000
DIRIGO PAC-THE LEADERSHIP PAC FOR MAINE ALEXANDRIA	PAC	$1,000
RICHARD GALGOVITCH TAXIDERMIST · DICK'S TAXIDERMY · LISBON FALLS	Person	$500
Piscataquis C Committee Dover-Foxcroft	Party committee	$500
RWG PROPERTIES LLC Brunswick	Business	$500
Maine Heritage Pac Sanford	PAC	$500
Sturdy Hardware Sabattus	Business	$500
Dale Crafts retired · Lisbon Falls	Person	$500
Coreene Baumann construction engineering · Doug Parker Plumbing and Heating · Leeds	Person	$200
KIM POMERLEAU government civil · STATE OF MAINE · STANDISH	Person	$100
PHIL POMERLEAU retired · STANDISH	Person	$100
GARY DRINKWATER retired · MILFORD	Person	$100
Kennebec County Republican committee Augusta	Party committee	$100
RICK MASON government civil · STATE OF MAINE · LISBON	The candidate	$25.50

Mason, Richard G. 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
ON THE ROAD TO MAINE'S FUTURE Group or PAC · Augusta	$1,000	11
Still Fed Up With Taxes Group or PAC · Turner	$1,000	24
Dirigo PAC The Leadership PAC for Maine Candidate committee · Alexandria	$1,000	6
Piscataquis C Committee Party committee · Dover-Foxcroft	$500	2
Maine Heritage PAC Group or PAC · Sanford	$500	6
Dale Crafts retired, retired · Lisbon Falls	$500	6
Coreene Baumann general business, DBPH · Leeds	$200	3
Phil Pomerleau retired, Roadway utility trailers · Standish	$100	3
Gary Drinkwater retired, Maine State Representative · Milford	$100	3
Kennebec County Republican Committee Party committee · Augusta	$100	9