Campaign Finance

Collins Ready To Seek Re-Election as Questions Loom About Potential Conservative Primary Challenger

by Blaine February 1, 2013 Campaign Finance

With 642 days until the November 2014 elections, it appears Senator Susan Collins is positioning herself to seek a fourth term to the United States Senate. Collins is currently Maine’s senior senator serving on the Committee on Appropriations, Special Committee on Aging and the Select Committee on Intelligence. A recent poll by Public Policy Polling [...]

Tagged as: Election 2014, Susan Collins, U.S. Senate

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Cutler Doing Away With OneMaine PAC?

by Blaine January 23, 2013 Campaign Finance

In its 42 day post-general election report filed with the Maine Ethics Commission on December 17, 2012, Eliot Cutler’s OneMaine Political Action Committee (PAC) had a $398.27 cash balance. Yesterday, the group filed a campaign finance report for the reporting period covering 1/1/13 – 3/31/13 that isn’t due until April 10, 2013.  In that report they made one contribution [...]

Tagged as: Eliot Cutler, OneMaine, PAC

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Influx of Corporate Money Unable to Influence Charter Commission

by Blaine January 11, 2013 Campaign Finance

The opening week of the legislative session has been dominated by a discussion about education and charter schools. The Maine Charter School Commission on Tuesday rejected four of the five applicants seeking to open a charter school for the 2013-2014 school year.  The Commission is a seven member board, comprised of 3 members from the [...]

Tagged as: ALEC, Charter Schools, Education, Governor LePage, Governor Paul LePage, LePage

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The NRA’s Involvement in Maine Elections

by Blaine December 21, 2012 Campaign Finance

Since 2002, the NRA Political Victory Fund has made 117 contributions totaling $51,790 to Maine candidates, party and political action committees. NRA Political Victory Fund Contributions Since 2002 Political Party Total # of Contributions Sum of Contributions Percent of Contributions Democratic 30 $15,290.00 29.50% Republican 87 $36,500.00 70.50%   In 2012 the NRA Political Victory Fund [...]

Tagged as: campaign finance, Guns, Legislature, NRA

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98.8% of Federal Political Contributions by Bushmaster Founder Go to GOP

by Blaine December 20, 2012 Campaign Finance

Over the past 15 years, Richard Dyke, founder of Bushmaster Firearms, has made significant contributions to candidates, political action committees and party committees. According to the Federal Election Commission (www.fec.gov), since 1997 Dyke has made 82 contributions in federal races totaling $102,101. Of those contributions, 80 representing 98.8% of the funding were made to Republican [...]

Tagged as: Bushmaster, campaign finance, Guns, Richard Dyke

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LePage Receives Donation from Bushmaster Founder After Voicing Support for Removing Gun Laws

by Blaine December 19, 2012 Campaign Finance

Richard Dyke, the President of Windham Weaponry and 30 year owner of Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., and several senior associates gave the maximum contribution to Governor Paul LePage in the 2010 Gubernatorial election. On 9/28/10, Richard Dyke and four associates (either presently with Windham Weaponry, or previously with Bushmaster or Dyke Associates) each gave $750 to [...]

Tagged as: Bushmaster, Firearms, Political contributions, Sandy Hook shooting

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Richard Dyke, Bushmaster & Maine Republicans

by Blaine December 19, 2012 Campaign Finance

The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooter used a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the civilian version of the military M-16. Bushmaster manufactured rifles like these in Maine until March of 2011. Bushmaster Firearms, Inc. was made successful by Richard E. Dyke, who sold the company in 2006, after serving as Chair and principal owner for 30 years. In 2011, Dyke announced [...]

Tagged as: Bushmaster, Firearms, Political contributions, Sandy Hook shooting

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Tea Party not buying Maine’s air time

by renascence August 9, 2012 Campaign Finance

Americans for Prosperity, the Tea Party organization backed by the Koch brothers, has launched a $25 million advertising assault against President Obama–its largest to date. The ad, “President Obama: A One-Term Proposition,” pummels the president on the issue of the growing budget deficit, which Democrats note President Obama inherited from Bush and that conservative political [...]

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MCCE releases report detailing the impact of PACs on Maine politics

by Mkazas June 8, 2012 Campaign Finance

Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE) released a report yesterday detailing the impact of big money and political action committees (PAC) on Maine politics. The report says that more than $12 million has found its way into Maine elections in the past 10-years through PACs. Donations to PACs are not limited the same way as [...]

Tagged as: Andrew Bossie, Maine campaign finance, Maine Citizens for Clean Elections, Maine Citizens for Clean Elections PACs Unlimited Report, MCCE

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AG Schneider won’t oppose Citizens United ruling

by Mkazas May 22, 2012 Campaign Finance

On Monday, Attorney General William Schneider stated that he would not be signing on to a brief asking the US Supreme Court to allow Montana to continue to restrict corporate funding in state elections. Twenty-two other states, lead by New York, have signed on to the brief supporting Montana. Since 1906 Montana has not allowed corporations [...]

Tagged as: AG Schneider, Bill Schneider, campaign finance, Citizens United, corporate influence, diane russell, jon hinck, jon hinck citizens united, William Schneider

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