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
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Before the Ethics Commission (2024-01-31): Complaint by William Clardy against Sen. Troy Jackson
Mr. William Clardy requests that the Commission investigate whether legal services received by State Senator Troy Jackson are a gift from his attorney which Sen. Jackson should have disclosed in his annual sources of income statements. He responds they are not a gift because he agreed to pay the law firm under a contingent fee agreement. Mr. Clardy also asks the Commission to investigate whether the law firm was required to file a report with the Commission because it made expenditures on behalf of Sen. Jackson. The Commission may consider part of this item in executive session pursuant to 1 M The motion: “To take no further action on both matters.” Vote: 5-0.
What to check- What the Commission decided, in the motion and the minutes
- A complaint is an allegation, not a finding
The Commission's meeting of 2024-01-31The staff memo
Rule: A complaint or other matter before the Ethics Commission
“The commission shall review the application and shall make the investigation if the reasons stated for the request show sufficient grounds for believing that a violation may have occurred.”21-A MRSA §1003(2) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
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Before the Ethics Commission (2023-10-25): Request for Investigation – Hon. Troy D. Jackson
State Representative John Andrews has requested that the Commission investigate whether State Senator Troy Jackson submitted a false address in filings to the Commission because of the Senator’s ownership of a property in Augusta for roughly two years in 2019-2021. Senator Jackson has responded that because his home in Allagash, Maine is 300 miles from the state capital, he purchased a house in Augusta as a temporary place to stay to facilitate performing his public duties as State Senator and President of the Maine Senate. Staff recommendation: Commission staff recommends no further investiga The motion: “To take no further action on this matter.” Vote: 5-0.
What to check- What the Commission decided, in the motion and the minutes
- A complaint is an allegation, not a finding
The Commission's meeting of 2023-10-25The staff memo
Rule: A complaint or other matter before the Ethics Commission
“The commission shall review the application and shall make the investigation if the reasons stated for the request show sufficient grounds for believing that a violation may have occurred.”21-A MRSA §1003(2) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
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Before the Ethics Commission (2021-01-27): Request for Waiver of Late-Filing Penalty - Hon. Troy Jackson
Senator Troy Jackson ran for State Senate in District 1 in the 2020 general election. He was required to disclose a $1,250 expenditure in a 24-Hour Report by October 27, 2020. He entered the transaction in the Commission’s eFiling system on Oct. 27. He believed he had filed the report, but it was not filed until two days later by his deputy treasurer. The preliminary penalty for filing the report two days late is $50. Sen. Jackson requested a waiver because he attempted to file the report, and because an erroneous email notice by the Commission’s eFiling system four days earlier caused confusi The motion: “To not waive the preliminary penalty of $50” Vote: 5-0.
What to check- The Commission's decision, in the motion and the minutes
The Commission's meeting of 2021-01-27The staff memo
Rule: Late-filing penalty before the Ethics Commission
“A campaign finance report is not timely filed unless a properly signed or electronically submitted copy of the report, substantially conforming to the disclosure requirements of this subchapter, is received by the commission by 11:59 p.m. on the date it is due.”21-A MRSA §1020-A(2) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Campaign money: Governor · Traditionally financed
$1,076,362raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $920,168 spent
$570,575itemized in 2025 and 2026, 5,814 contributions
$266,912raised before 2026 (their 2025 reports)
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$156,195cash on hand on July 14, 2026 (42 Day Post Primary Report)
Where their contributions come from
90%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal nationsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $920,168
Not coded$388,441
Staff and consultants$287,917
Social media and online ads$110,084
Professional services$54,778
Other$49,810
Travel$7,407
Apparel$6,811
Events$4,188
Office and utilities$3,381
Website$2,499
Largest payees: TKO Politcal LLC $95,000 Social media and online ads · Internal Revenue Service $93,045 Staff and consultants · Sunny Day Strategies $71,273 Professional services · Christine Kirby $71,007 Staff and consultants · Strategies $50,000 Not coded · Kirby, Christine $48,754 Not coded · Robin Logsdon $48,278 Staff and consultants · Hilltop Public Solutions $43,950 Staff and consultants
Payments in 2026, by the Ethics Commission's expenditure codes.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Alan Trombley
Other · Unknown · Presque Isle | Person | $4,150 |
Francesca Connell
Unknown · Lake Forest | Person | $4,150 |
UA Political Action Fund
Annapolis | PAC | $4,150 |
North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Political Education Committee
Albany | Business | $4,150 |
Terry Winograd
not currently employed · Unknown · Stanford | Person | $4,150 |
Maine UAW PAC Council
Hartford | | $4,150 |
International Association of Fire Fighters
Washington | | $4,150 |
California Nurses Association Political Action Committee
Sacramento | | $4,150 |
Jim Gerritsen
agriculture · Wood Prairie Family Farm · Bridgewater | Person | $3,977 |
John Kirk
Other · LPRS LLC · Needham | Person | $3,950 |
Michael Lane
Other · Preti Flaherty · Damariscotta | Person | $3,900 |
Kathryn Wolfe
Other · Unknown · Thomaston | Person | $3,500 |
Jonathan Mapes
Other · Unknown · Springvale | Person | $3,500 |
Michael A. Lambert
Other · SELF · Portland | Person | $3,300 |
Elizabeth Compton
retired · Unknown · Brunswick | Person | $3,275 |
Jackson, Troy Dale 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.