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Rolf Olsen R

State Representative, District 86

On the November ballot: State House District 86 (Raymond)

June 9 primary for State House District 86 (Republican): won, 1,006 votes (100%)

Findings

Prompts to look closer at the public records, each with the rule and the law it rests on. None is a finding of wrongdoing. All findings

Context Outside spending

Outside groups spent $34,097 for or against them, more than their campaign's $7,032

Independent expenditures: $18,247 supporting and $15,850 opposing. The largest: Lead Maine Action $18,117 (for); MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $8,484 (against); MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $3,598 (against); REBUILD MAINE $2,911 (against).

What to check

Who funds the largest spenders (their own reports to the Commission)

Rule: Outside spending larger than the campaign

“"independent expenditure" means any expenditure made by a person, party committee or political action committee that is not made in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate”21-A MRSA §1019-B(1) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Home

Single-family home: $543,300 assessed, 2026

Raymond certified a ratio of 63% for 2024; a later assessment may follow a revaluation, so no market estimate is made.

From the Raymond assessor's database, found by searching for Rolf Olsen'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

House District 86 · 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 720 recorded votes, 1% 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 Rolf Olsen: 5 from 5 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 Council on Aging Jessica Fay	Event: Caucus on Aging - Lunch and Learn · March 2026 · names 28 members	$335
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast Dana Doran	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2026 · names 43 members	$1,933
Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME) Michael Saxl	Event: Life Sciences Lunch and Learn · February 2026 · names 26 members	$511.47
Maine Association of Health Plans Dan Demeritt	Event: Lunch and Learn · November 2025 · names 4 members	$379.81
Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine Lisa Nolan	Event: Legislative Luncheon on Exploring employer and consumer perspectives on healthcare affordability in Mainehealthcare affordability · January 2025 · names 17 members	$1,740.16

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

$12,370raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $5,028 spent

$7,032itemized in 2026, 27 contributions

$3,100from the candidate (incl. loans)

$7,342cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Report)

$2,000debts and loans owed, as of that report

Where their contributions come from

41%39%

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

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How it was spent: $5,028

Palm cards, signs, stickers$2,571

Social media and online ads$2,000

Office and utilities$315

Bank and other fees$76

Postage$66

Largest payees: Spectrum Marketing Co $3,154 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Staples $1,001 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Vista Priint $417 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Amazon $315 Office and utilities · Anedot $76 Bank and other fees · Poshmark $66 Postage

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
Rolf Olsen retired · Raymond	The candidate	$1,100
Answering the Call Lbion	PAC	$800
Joseph Bruno retired · Raymond	Person	$600
Grow Maine PAC Poland	PAC	$500
Still Fed up with taxes Turner	PAC	$500
Ron Russell retired · Kennebunkport	Person	$500
Renew the American Dream PAC Arlington	PAC	$500
Austin Theriault for Maine Ft Kent	Party committee	$500
Nutting for House Oakland	Candidate committee	$457.73
Gregory Foster Forester · Self employed · Raymond	Person	$400
Merck North Wales	Business	$250
Eugene Ellison retired · Naples	Person	$239.70
Karen Lockwood retired · Raymond	Person	$100
Peter Lockwood retired · Raymond	Person	$100
Peter Violette retired · Windham	Person	$100

Olsen Jr., Rolf Arthur 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

$18,247spent supporting them

$15,850spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Lead Maine Action 4 expenditures · the race	for	$18,117
MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE 6 expenditures · the race	against	$8,484
MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND 2 expenditures · the race	against	$3,598
REBUILD MAINE 3 expenditures · the race	against	$2,911
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC 1 expenditure · the race	against	$857
People Over Politics PAC 1 expenditure · the race	for	$130

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
Answering the Call Group or PAC · Albion	$800	12
Joseph Bruno healthcare medical, Community Pharmacies · Raymond	$600	5
Grow Maine PAC Group or PAC · Poland	$500	19
Still Fed Up With Taxes Group or PAC · Turner	$500	24
Ron Russell retired, Retired · Kennebunkport	$500	15
Renew the American Dream PAC Group or PAC · Arlington	$500	21
Austin Theriault for Maine Candidate committee · Fort Kent	$500	2
Nutting for House Candidate committee · Oakland	$458	2
Karen Lockwood retired, Retired · Raymond	$100	3
Peter Violette retired · Windham	$100	3
David Andrews retired, Unknown · Falmouth	$100	3
Jason Briggs general business, Conway Scenic RR · Biddeford	$60	15