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Chellie Pingree

Chellie Pingree

Democratic · ME U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

18 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2009

Roles held

  1. Representative 2009 – present ME Democratic
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Democratic

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • background Born April 2, 1955
  • role Maine Senate (1992–2000), majority leader
  • role U.S. representative for Maine's 1st district since 2009
  • achievement Ran for U.S. Senate in 2002; lost to Susan Collins
  • role President and CEO of Common Cause (2003–2006)
  • achievement First Democratic woman elected to U.S. House from Maine

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House ME-01 · 2026 General Election

  • $429,634 raised
  • $422,200 spent
  • $423,112 cash on hand
$429.63K
$417.44K
$180.39K
Itemized (≥ $200)$111.39K
Unitemized (< $200)$69.00K
Other committees (PACs)$237.05K
Transfers from other committees$10.74K
Offsets to expenditures$1.44K
Other receipts$9.27
$422.20K
Operating expenditures$243.53K
Contribution refunds$1.67K
Other disbursements$177.00K
Cash on hand$423.11K
Debts owed by committee$20.00K

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Chellie Pingree campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2008$2,239,050$2,213,647$25,402
2010$1,283,175$1,290,522$18,055
2012$1,024,608$881,242$161,421
2014$435,540$381,502$215,459
2016$614,359$296,524$533,294
2018$779,380$1,088,305$224,369
2020$498,961$276,671$446,658
2022$576,607$618,990$404,275
2024$670,959$659,556$415,678
2026$429,634$422,200$423,112

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $31,887 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $31,950
  • HIGH TIDE FOUNDATION $6,600
  • TISHMAN HOTEL & REALTY $6,600
  • COOL EFFECT, INC. $6,600
  • HONOR NYC $6,600
  • MTHEORY $6,600
  • MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE $3,900
  • PARK FOUNDATION $3,300
  • BUCKEYE PARTNERS L.P. $3,300
  • DIGIPLEX $3,000

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Pingree, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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