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Wayne Farrin D

State Representative, District 47

On the November ballot: State House District 47 (Jefferson)

June 9 primary for State House District 47 (Democratic): won, 1,431 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 $31,338 for or against them, more than their campaign's $19,850

Independent expenditures: $23,088 supporting and $8,250 opposing. The largest: MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $8,649 (for); Win Back Maine $8,250 (against); PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC $5,738 (for); REBUILD MAINE $5,194 (for).

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

In the Legislature

House District 47 · 132nd Legislature (2025–26) · 720 recorded votes, 0% not voting

Bills they sponsored: 2 (0 became law) — LD 1504, LD 2077

Named in lobbyists' reports

Events and spending on officials that lobbyists reported to the Ethics Commission since 2024 and whose list of officials names Wayne Farrin: 7 from 7 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)
Appalachian Mountain Club
Elizabeth Townsend
Event: Lunch & Learn On Land for Maine's Future; costs divided among 3 organizations · March 2026 · names 29 members$528
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
Maine Audubon
Francesca Gundrum
Event: Educational Event - Land for Maine's Future (LMF) Briefing and Lunch - cost of event was split three ways between Natural Resources Council of Maine, Appalachian Mountain Club, and Maine Audubon (individual org cost for event = $184.10) · February 2026 · names 31 members$553
Natural Resources Council of Maine
Pete Didisheim
Event: LMF Lunch and Learn · February 2026 · names 29 members$530.93
DraftKings Inc.
Michael Saxl
Event: Lunch and Learn Re: LD 1164 · June 2025 · names 98 members$1,676.92
AARP
Noel Bonam
Event: Legislative Lunch & Learn on Older Adult Issues and Vital Voices Survey · May 2025 · names 51 members$1,480.31

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

$19,850raised to date (the Commission's list, October 17, 2026); $4,643 spent
$1,000itemized in 2026, 14 contributions
$18,850Clean Election funding paid this year
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
$15,207cash on hand on September 15, 2026 (42 Day Pre General Mcea 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: $4,643

Other$3,056
Professional services$964
Palm cards, signs, stickers$624

Largest payees: Frame Media Strategies $1,860 Other · Capitol Promotions $1,104 Other · Supplies Unlimited $1,055 Other · Lincoln County News $624 Palm cards, signs, stickers

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

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Indriani Demers
teacher education · Portland Public Schools · Wiscasset
Person$100
Ed Pentaleri
retired · Alna
Person$100
Bill Farren
retired · Jefferson
Person$100
Jill Griffin
retired · Jefferson
Person$100
Tiffany Roberts
government civil · Maine State legislature · South Berwick
Person$100
James Drum
real estate professional · Dru and Drum Real Estate · Damariscotta
Person$100
Peter Drum
attorney legal · Peter Drum, Attorney at Law · Damariscotta
Person$100
Brian Colleran
Information Requested · Alna
Person$50
Jason Putnam
construction engineering · Self employed · Wiscasset
Person$50
Wayne Farrin
real estate professional · Penninsula Properties · Jefferson
Person$50
Evan Goodkowsky
government civil · Town of Phippsburg · Wiscasset
Person$50
Bridget Mullen
retired · Alna
Person$45
Marvin Farrin
Self-employed painter · Marvin Farrin · Bristol
Person$30
James B Sitrick Jr
retired · Jefferson
Person$25

Farrin, Wayne K. 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

$23,088spent supporting them
$8,250spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
MAINE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
8 expenditures · the race
for$8,649
Win Back Maine
1 expenditure · the race
against$8,250
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAINE ACTION FUND PAC
2 expenditures · the race
for$5,738
REBUILD MAINE
3 expenditures · the race
for$5,194
MAINE CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND
2 expenditures · the race
for$3,506

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
Indriani Demers
teacher education, PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Wiscasset
$1002
Ed Pentaleri
not currently employed, Not Employed · Alna
$1005
Tiffany Roberts
government civil, Information Requested · South Berwick
$1003
Brian Colleran
Staff, Maine HDCC · Alna
$503
Jason Putnam
construction engineering, Jason Putnam Llc · Wiscasset
$502
Wayne Farrin
real estate professional, Peninsula Properties · Jefferson
$502
Evan Goodkowsky
government civil, Town of Phippsburg · Wiscasset
$502
James B Sitrick Jr
not currently employed, Not Currently Employed · Jefferson
$253