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Who funds Paige Loud?

Maine U.S. SenateDemocratFiled as challengerFEC S6ME00431
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The money.

Paige LoudFEC filing: Paige Loud · S6ME00431 ↗
Raised
$62K
Spent
$59K
Cash on hand
$2,991
Debts
$31K
  • Individuals 42% $26K
  • PACs & other committees 6% $3,500
  • Candidate's own money & loans 51% $32K
  • Other receipts 2% $960

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. FUTURE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $2,500

Who gave.

Who gives $26K from individuals

53% in small-dollar gifts

$14K of $26K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

43% from Maine · 57% from elsewhere

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

52% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Maine $4,926
  2. Oklahoma $2,100
  3. Georgia $2,000
  4. Massachusetts $1,050
  5. Pennsylvania $1,000
  6. California $500

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $5,750. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $5,826, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Feb 4, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (35 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 Paige Loud.

Where it went.

Where the money went $53K in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 16% $8,697
  • Consultants & strategy 28% $15K
  • Staff & payroll 0.9% $500
  • Fundraising & processing fees 2% $779
  • Travel, meals & events 11% $5,808
  • Office, technology & overhead 30% $16K
  • Other or unclassified 13% $6,750

Largest payees

  1. EVERYACTION, INC. USA $8,995
  2. SCALE TO WIN $6,335
  3. MAINE DEMOCRATIC PARTY $6,250
  4. META $1,684
  5. PRICELINE $1,272

Paid to individuals: $24K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2026 to Jun 28, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (84 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.