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Maine: Jonathan Wayne

Wed, 08/20/2008 - 00:51

Commission questions $2K in MCEA purchases by state Senate candidate

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The Maine Ethics Commission’s staff is questioning more than $2,000 in purchases by independent state Senate candidate Dana Kadey of Princeton, and recommending that he reimburse the state.

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Fri, 06/27/2008 - 13:19

Leave it alone, MCEA proponents say

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Click here for a previous report on the issue.

In the last legislative session, state lawmakers approved measures that made it 30 percent harder for candidates for governor to qualify for public financing. They also required all gubernatorial candidates to be audited by the Ethics Commission.

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Thu, 04/10/2008 - 17:50

Record number of MCEA candidates to see smaller checks

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Candidates running with public financing will have a little less money to work with this year.

In the latest round of budget cuts, the Legislature cut 5 percent of funding for Clean Elections candidates. It’s not that big of a deal, said Jonathan Wayne, executive director of the Ethics’ Commission -- it’s the lawmakers’ way of sharing the sacrifice of the budget cuts.

The reductions would mean the following:

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Tue, 03/04/2008 - 17:34

State sues 2006 candidate

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

The state is suing Debra Reagan, formerly of Sanford, for failing to return Maine Clean Elections Act Funds.

Reagan ran as a Republican candidate for the Maine House of Representatives in 2006, losing to John Tuttle Jr., D-Sanford by 865 votes.

Last month, Reagan had an outstanding balance of $3,390 to the Ethics Commission. She had paid $1,128 in installments, after various attempts to collect the money.

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Mon, 03/03/2008 - 23:29

Edmonds: Expand public disclosure

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

UPDATED: 11:07 a.m. Tuesday with more links

Senate President Beth Edmonds wants to give lawmakers a few more forms to fill out.

She presented a bill to increase public disclosure to the Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee Monday, which would require legislators and executive branch officials to disclose the following:

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Wed, 02/06/2008 - 14:53

2006 candidate still owes $3K in unspent MCEA funds

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Former legislative candidate Debra Reagan still owes the state $3,390 in unspent Maine Clean Elections Act funds from her 2006 race.

Reagan, R-Sanford, ran for House District 143 unsuccessfully against John Tuttle Jr., D-Sanford. She lost by 865 votes.

Reagan is the only 2006 MCEA candidate who has not yet returned unspent funds, according to a memo from Jonathan Wayne, executive director of the Maine Ethics Commission.

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Fri, 01/25/2008 - 14:58

Hughes files report, faces fine

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Former Republican House candidate David Hughes of Lewiston, who briefly came under fire by the Ethics Commission for not filing his Maine Clean Elections Act report, turned his paperwork in Thursday.

Following today’s commission meeting, board members are no longer concerned that Hughes misused the public funds, but did authorize staff to complete a full audit of his campaign.

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Mon, 01/21/2008 - 21:40

Lewiston candidate does not account for MCEA funds

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Edited to add in former Rep. William Walcott's party affiliation, per request of our readers.  

David Hughes, a candidate in last November’s special legislative elections, has not yet accounted for how he spent $4,287 in Maine Clean Elections Act funds.

Hughes, a Lewiston Republican who ran for House District 72, has not responded to repeated letters, phone calls and e-mails from the Ethics Commission asking him to file his reports.

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Fri, 12/07/2007 - 22:45

Walcott indicted on felony theft charges

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

Former state Rep. William Walcott was indicted by an Androscoggin County grand jury Thursday on felony charges, after he admitted to the Maine Ethics Commission that he falsified his Clean Elections Act reports, instead using $4,874 in public funds for personal use.

Walcott is charged with two felony counts of theft. He also faces the following misdemeanor charges: two counts of misuse of entrusted property, two counts of violation of the Clean Election Act and three counts of making false reports under the Clean Elections Act.

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Fri, 12/07/2007 - 17:25

Couple can’t prove MCEA purchases, owes $3,000

By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com Reporter

A Skowhegan couple has to pay back nearly $3,000 in Clean Elections funds because they could not provide documentation proving the purchases were actually made.

Paul Hatch ran for Senate in 2006. His wife, Pamela, ran for the House of Representatives, both as Democrats and Clean Elections Act candidates.

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