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Sam Zager D

State Representative, District 116

On the November ballot: State House District 116 (Portland)

June 9 primary for State House District 116 (Democratic): won, 2,547 votes (100%)

Home

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 Sam Zager'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 116 · 131st Legislature (2023–24), 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 1,235 recorded votes, 3% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 17 (8 became law) — LD 93, LD 710, LD 733, LD 1126, LD 1497, LD 107, LD 978, LD 1496, HP 1517, LD 1972, LD 675, LD 881, LD 2153, LD 223 …

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Sam Zager: 11 from 8 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, whenCost (all named)
Maine Center for Economic Policy
Maura Pillsbury
Event: Lunch and Learn on Guaranteed Basic Income in Maine · February 2026 · names 18 members$315.20
Event: lunchtime briefing · February 2024 · names 25 members$589.08
AARP
Noel Bonam
Event: Pastry and Policy Breakfast to highlight the importance of the Older Mainers Act · May 2025 · names 14 members$695.54
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
Event: Informational reception · January 2024 · names 24 members$1,501.24
Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME)
Michael Saxl
Event: Life Sciences Lunch and Learn · February 2026 · names 26 members$511.47
DraftKings Inc.
Michael Saxl
Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members$1,676.92
Maine Forest Products Council
Patrick Strauch
Event: Legislative Breakfast · January 2025 · names 23 members$720.50
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Laura Harper
Event: Lobby Day for members & volunteers · February 2024$1,922.03
MaineHealth
Sarah Calder
Event: Legislative Briefing · January 2024 · names 6 members$1,200

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

$3,675raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $1,051 spent
$1,000itemized in 2026, 10 contributions
$2,675Clean Election funding paid this year
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$2,624cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea Report)
$1,070debts and loans owed, as of that report
Where their contributions come from

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

Compare with all 2026 candidates →

How it was spent: $51

Website$51

Largest payees: Amazon Web Services, Inc. $51 Website

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

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Margaret Philbrick
retired · Falmouth
Person$100
Portia Clark
real estate professional · Self · Portland
Person$100
Richard and Juliana L'Herureux
retired · Topsham
Person$100
Linda Zager
retired · Chicago
Person$100
Linda Sanborn
retired · Gorham
Person$100
John and Kathleen Kennedy
retired · Nobleboro
Person$100
Constance Adler
healthcare medical · Franklin Community Health Network · Chesterville
Person$100
Albert and Robin Zager
retired · Fairhaven
Person$100
Shoma Haque
Landscape Designer · Shaque Designs · Jamaica Plain
Person$100
Leah Koch
teacher education · Tidewater Speech Therapy · PORTLAND
Person$100

Zager, Samuel Lewis 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

$204spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
MPA CAMPAIGN VOTE!
1 expenditure · the race
for$204

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.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Portia Clark
real estate professional, Self · Portland
$1002
Linda Sanborn
Not Currently Employed, N/A · Gorham
$1003
Constance Adler
not currently employed, Not Employed · Chesterville
$1005