With two days to go before Election Day, outside groups have spent $606,961 in independent expenditures on Maine legislative races.

The biggest spenders are the Democratic and Republican parties and their respective campaign committees.

Democrats have spent $351,665 between the Maine Democratic Party, the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee and the House Democratic Campaign Committee.

Republicans have spent $161,698 between the Maine Republican Party, the House Republican Fund and the Maine Senate Republican Committee.

Other outside groups spending more than $1,000 are:

• $19,655 Maine Prosperity PAC (Alliance for Maine’s Future)
• $18,912 Maine Conservation voters action fund
• $16,891 Build Maine PAC
• $11,736 Maine Truck PAC
• $6,155 Maine Association of Realtors PAC
• $5,425 Maine People’s Alliance
• $5,000 Bangor City Republican Committee
• $2,400 Clean House PAC (affiliated with Assistant Senate Republican Leader Richard Rosen (R-Bucksport)
• $1,659 Equality Maine PAC

Spending in legislative races: 

Previous rankings refer to the list that ran on Oct. 29.

Top 5: Outside funds spent on Democratic Senate candidates

1)      $64,586 Deborah Simpson (D-Auburn), running against Sen. Lois Snowe-Mello (R-Poland). Funds from the Democratic Party, the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, the Maine People’s Alliance, the Maine Conservation Voters Action Fund, Maine Friends of Animals and the Androscoggin County Democrats. (Previous ranking: 1)

2)      $45,428 Sen. Peter Bowman (D-Kittery), who is running against Mary Andrews (R-York). Funds are from the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, the Maine Democratic Party, the Maine People’s Alliance, Equality Maine PAC and the Maine Conservation Voters Action Fund. (Previous ranking: 2)

3)      $42,341 Seth Goodall (D-Richmond), running against Sen. Paula Benoit (R-Phippsburg). Funds are from the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, the Maine Democratic Party and the Maine Conservation Voters Action Fund. (Previous ranking: 4)

4)      $41,489 David Miramant (D-Camden), running against Christopher Rector (R-Thomaston). Funds are from the Maine Democratic Party, the Senate Democratic campaign committee and the Maine Conservation Voters Action Fund. (Previous ranking: 3)

5)      34,324 Robert Stackpole (D-Sanford), running against Sen. Jon Courtney (R-Sanford). Funds are from the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee and the Maine Democratic Party. (Previous ranking: 5)

Top 5: Outside funds spent on Republican Senate candidates

1.      $40,883 Andrews, who is running against Bowman. Funds are from the Maine Prosperity PAC, the Maine Republican Party, the Maine Senate Republican Committee and the Maine Truck PAC. (Previous ranking: 1)

2.      $33,920 Rector, who is running against Miramant. Funds are from the Maine Republican Party, the Maine Prosperity PAC, the Maine Senate Republican Committee and the Maine Association of Realtors. (Previous ranking: 2)

3.      $22,781 Snowe-Mello, who is running against Simpson. Funds are from the Maine Prosperity PAC, the Maine Republican Party, the Maine Senate Republican Committee the Maine Truck PAC, and the Maine Association of Realtors. (Previous ranking: 3)

4.      $17,643 Phil Csoros (R-Gorham), who is running against Sen. Phil Bartlett (D-Gorham). Funds are from the Maine Republican Party and the Maine Senate Republican Committee. (Previous ranking: 4)

5.      $8,657 Sen. Roger Sherman (R-Hodgdon), who is running against Jackie Lundeen (D-Mars Hill). Funds are from the Maine Republican Party, the Maine Prosperity PAC and the Maine Senate Republican Committee. (Previous ranking: N/A)

Top 10: Outside funds spent on Democratic House candidates

1.      $6,018 Bryan Kaenrath (D-South Portland), running against Kevin Glynn (R-South Portland). (Previous ranking: 1)

2.      $4,999 Ben Pratt (D-Eddington), running against Steve Juskewitch (R-Dedham). There has been no IE spending for Juskewitch. (Previous ranking: 2)

3.      $4,710 Roberta Beavers (D-South Berwick), running against Rep. Sarah Lewin (R-Eliot). $2,422 has been spent on Lewin. (Previous ranking: 6)

4.      $4,701 Sean Flaherty (D-Scarborough), running against Rep. John McDonough (R-Scarborough). There has been no IE spending for McDonough. (Previous ranking: 3)

5.      $4,696 Mark Eves (D-North Berwick), running against Rep. Bonnie Gould (R-North Berwick). $1,117 has been spent on Gould. (Previous ranking: 5)

6.      $4,688 Robert Hunt (D-Buxton), running against Rep. Don Marean (R-Hollis). There has been no IE spending for Marean. (Previous ranking: 4)

7.      $4,554 Veronica Magnan (D-Stockton Springs), running against Ken Lindell (R-Frankfort). (Previous ranking: 7)

8.      $3,803 Anne Graham (D-North Yarmouth), running against incumbent Susan Austin (R-Gray). (Previous ranking: Tied at 8)

9.      $3,797 Sara Stevens (D-Bangor), running against John Cashwell (R-Bangor). (Previous ranking: N/A)

10.  $3,790 Joseph Wagner (D-Lyman), running against Evan Grover (R-Waterboro). (Previous ranking: Tied at 8)

Top 10: Outside funds spent on Republican House candidates

1.      $5,000 Doug Damon (R-Bangor), running against Steve Butterfield (D-Bangor). (Previous ranking: 1)

2.      $2,672 Rep. Lewin, running against Beavers. (Previous ranking: 5)

3.      $2,669 Rep. Michael Vaughan (R-Durham), running against David Van Wie (D-New Gloucester). (Previous ranking: 2)

4.      $2,558 Richard Malaby (R-Hancock), running against Rep. Robert Eaton (D-Sullivan). (Previous ranking: 7)

5.      $2,485 Ken Lindell (R-Frankfort), running against Veronica Magnan (D-Stockton Springs). (Previous ranking: 3)

6.      $2,442 Wayne Parry (R-Arundel), running against Gary Connor (D-Kennebunk). (Previous ranking: 4)

7.      $2,378 Rep. Austin (R-Gray), running against Graham (Previous ranking: 6)

8.      $2,335 Rep. Bernard Ayotte (R-Caswell), running against Wade McLaughlin (D-Limestone). (Previous ranking: 9)

9.      $2,121 Rep. Jayne Crosby Giles (R-Belfast), running against Harold Haliday (D-Belfast). (Previous ranking: 8)

10.  $1,953 Julie O’Brien (R-Augusta), running against Anna Blodgett (D-Augusta). (Previous ranking: 10)