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Who funds Janet Trafton Mills?

Maine U.S. SenateDemocratFiled as challengerFEC S6ME00407
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The money.

Janet Trafton MillsFEC filing: Janet Trafton Mills · S6ME00407 ↗
Raised
$6.0M
Spent
$6.0M
Cash on hand
$74K
Debts
$97K
  • Individuals 92% $5.5M
  • PACs & other committees 2% $141K
  • Other receipts 6% $364K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $116K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $8,950 supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. BLUE SHIFT PACSuper PAC $5,478
  2. BLUE DEMOCRACY NETWORKSuper PAC $2,056
  3. DEMOCRATIC FUTURE PACSuper PAC $1,416

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC of Kirsten Gillibrand $10K
  2. ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC of Catherine Cortez Masto $10K
  3. GRANITE VALUES PACLeadership PAC of Margaret Wood Hassan $10K
  4. SD PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  5. REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PACMembership group PAC $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $5.5M from individuals

34% in small-dollar gifts

$1.8M of $5.5M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 35%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.

The itemized gifts below add up to $3.0M of the $3.6M the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

33% from Maine · 67% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

90% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Maine $995K
  2. California $344K
  3. New York $320K
  4. Massachusetts $210K
  5. Maryland $154K
  6. Florida $127K
  7. District of Columbia $123K
  8. Illinois $87K

Top employers named by donors

  1. TOTAL WINE & MORE $21K
  2. WEXFORD CAPITAL LP $21K
  3. SIMMONS HANLY CONROY $20K
  4. STATE OF MAINE $19K
  5. WILMERHALE $16K
  6. PRETI FLAHERTY $12K
  7. MAINEHEALTH $12K
  8. MOTLEY RICE LLC $11K
  9. NETFLIX $9,000
  10. BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC $8,000

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $1.5M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.3M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Oct 10, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (10,304 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Janet Trafton Mills. The outside spending shown from regular reports is the latest available.

Where it went.

Where the money went $5.4M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $5.4M of the $6.0M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 29, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 63% $3.4M
  • Consultants & strategy 2% $126K
  • Staff & payroll 22% $1.2M
  • Fundraising & processing fees 7% $376K
  • Polling, research & data 1% $69K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.3% $17K
  • Office, technology & overhead 0.8% $43K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $94K
  • Other or unclassified 1% $61K

Largest payees

  1. LIFTOFF CAMPAIGNS $1.8M
  2. AL MEDIA LLC $1.3M
  3. GUSTO $1.1M
  4. RWT PRODUCTION $194K
  5. AB DATA $188K

Paid to individuals: $118K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Oct 16, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (544 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

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.