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Who funds Graham Platner?

Maine U.S. SenateDemocratFiled as challengerFEC S6ME00373
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The money.

Graham PlatnerFEC filing: Graham Platner · S6ME00373 ↗

No campaign summary is in the FEC bulk file for this filing yet.

Outside groups: $423K supporting · $9.2M opposing ($5.3M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. COMMON DEFENSE ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $219K
  2. MAINE PEOPLESuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $96K
  3. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $51K
  4. LEAGUE OF LABOR VOTERSHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $50K
  5. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $3,680

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. PINE TREE RESULTS PACSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $8.9M
  2. SLF PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $250K
  3. LEAD MAINE COMMITTEE, INC.Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $103K
  4. AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $15K
  5. THE SENTINEL ACTION FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1,000

Who gave.

No individual contributions from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC files yet.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $424K for / $11M against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $1.9M more than the $9.7M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 2% $200K
  • Digital ads 21% $2.4M
  • Ads, medium not stated 76% $8.7M
  • Mail, print & signs 0.5% $52K
  • Canvassing & field 0.3% $32K
  • Ad production 0.3% $35K

Largest late spenders for

  1. COMMON DEFENSE ACTION FUND $219K
  2. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION $51K
  3. LEAGUE OF LABOR VOTERS $50K
  4. MAINE PEOPLE $46K

Largest late spenders against

  1. PINE TREE RESULTS PAC $11M
  2. SLF PAC $250K
  3. LEAD MAINE COMMITTEE, INC. $116K
  4. THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND $1,000

Latest dissemination on these reports: September 21, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (24 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

No itemized operating expenditures from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC bulk file yet.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.