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Russell Black R

State Senator, District 5

On the November ballot: State House District 74 (Wilton)

June 9 primary for State House District 74 (Republican): won, 1,186 votes (100%)

In the Legislature

Senate District 5 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,267 recorded votes, 11% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 31 (17 became law) — LD 24, LD 379, LD 758, LD 1198, LD 1207, LD 1547, LD 1548, LD 1964, LD 2042, LD 362, LD 510, LD 593, LD 825, LD 952 …

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Russell Black: 9 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 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 Forestry Expo · March 2025 · names 29 members	$771.57
	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2025 · names 25 members	$720.50
	Event: Legislative Breakfast · January 2025 · names 23 members	$720.50
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast Dana Doran	Event: Legislative Breakfast · February 2026 · names 43 members	$1,933
Unitil James Cohen	Event: Lunch and Learn on Natural Gas · April 2025 · names 11 members	$407.28
Summit Utilities, Inc. Mark Gallagher	Event: Lunch and Learn on Natrual Gas · April 2025 · names 12 members	$407.28
Appalachian Mountain Club Elizabeth Townsend	Event: informational reception · January 2025 · names 26 members	$1,726

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 · Clean Election

$8,293raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $2,338 spent

$1,000itemized in 2026, 10 contributions

$7,293Clean Election funding paid this year

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$5,955cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea 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: $2,338

Palm cards, signs, stickers$2,150

Postage$78

Apparel$75

Bank and other fees$35

Largest payees: Spectrum Marketing Co. $2,150 Palm cards, signs, stickers · Wilton US Postal Service $78 Postage · Farmington Harness Horsemen $75 Apparel · Franklin Savings Bank $35 Bank and other fees

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

Top contributors	Type	Total
Barry Higgins agriculture · Maple Lane Farm · Charleston	Person	$100
Donn S Davis Jr. retired · Wilton	Person	$100
Bradley Farren general business · Milton CAP · Norridgewock	Person	$100
Jeffery Timberlake agriculture · self employed · Turner	Person	$100
Carrie Lancaster homemaker · Wilton	Person	$100
Susan Black Franklin County Clerk of Deeds · Franklin County · Wilton	Person	$100
Shannon Smith retired · Wilton	Person	$100
Bethany Burns Cote teacher education · Mt. Blue · Farmington	Person	$100
Melissa Canty general business · Canty's Kitchen & Confections · Wilton	Person	$100
Thomas S Saviello government civil · Franklin County Commissioner · Wilton	Person	$100

Black, Russell John 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

$116spent supporting them

$1,879spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
REBUILD MAINE 1 expenditure · the race	against	$1,879
People Over Politics PAC 1 expenditure · the race	for	$116

Independent expenditures reported to the Ethics Commission in 2026. The candidate doesn't control them.