# Stronger Maine **Stronger Maine** (FEC committee **C00922294**) is an independent-expenditure committee registered at **1305 W 11th St #217, Houston, Texas 77008**, treasurer **Les Williamson**, spending on both sides of [[ME-Sen-2026]]. ## Disclosed spending | Filing | Received | Expenditure date | Amount | Direction | Vendor | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Form 24, file **2016711** | 2026-10-04 | 2026-10-02 | **$104,085.00** | $52,042.50 support [[Susan Collins]] / $52,042.50 oppose [[Troy Jackson]] | Wildcatter Strategies | The split is exact to the cent, which is the signature of one buy allocated across both sides of a race. ## Why it is on file here It is the **third** committee wearing Maine's name in this race, and the only one that does not claim a Maine address at all — it files from a Houston mailbox and buys through a vendor named Wildcatter Strategies. The other two are [[The Maine Standard]] (Bangor; treasurer [[Trevor Kowalski]], who also signs [[Cornhusker Majority]] in Nebraska) and [[Lead Maine Committee]] (Bangor; signer Nicholas Stoltzfus, who also signed [[Sentinel Action Fund]]'s notice the same day). See [[State-Branded Super PAC Template]]. Nothing in the filings establishes coordination or shared funding. The aggregate columns ($1,321,572.50 and $1,373,615.00) are **not** race or committee totals. ## Open questions - Its first Form 3X — the only document that would name a funder. - Whether Wildcatter Strategies appears on any other committee. - Whether the Houston address belongs to a compliance firm and which other committees use it. ## Related KB entities [[The Maine Standard]] · [[Lead Maine Committee]] · [[ME-Sen-2026]] · [[Susan Collins]] · [[Troy Jackson]] · [[State-Branded Super PAC Template]] · [[Independent Expenditure]] · [[Organizations Hub]] ## Sources - FEC Form 24, file 2016711 — `https://docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/2016711.fec` ## 2026-10-06 — the Houston address is identified The open question on this page was "whether the Houston address belongs to a compliance firm and which other committees use it." On e-file receipt date **2026-10-05** it was answered from a filing. **[[Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund]]** (FEC committee **C00809483**) files from **1305 W 11th St #213, Houston, TX 77008** — two suites from this committee's **#217** — and carries the **same treasurer, [[Les Williamson]]**. On that date it was disclosed as the source of **$1,000,000** to a third Williamson committee, **[[Who Stands For Us]]** (C00958512), on Schedule A line SA11C of file **2017177**. | Committee | FEC ID | Address | Treasurer | |---|---|---|---| | **Stronger Maine** | C00922294 | 1305 W 11th St **#217**, Houston TX | [[Les Williamson]] | | [[Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund]] | C00809483 | 1305 W 11th St **#213**, Houston TX | [[Les Williamson]] | | [[Who Stands For Us]] | C00958512 | 4250 N Fairfax Dr PMB 17503942, Arlington VA | [[Les Williamson]] | So the Houston address is a **compliance operation serving at least two committees**, and the treasurer serves at least three. The standing caution still applies — a shared treasurer is a vendor relationship, not a money trail — but this instance is stronger than a shared letterhead, because **a disclosed transaction runs between two of the committees**. See [[Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund 1M Who Stands For Us October 2026]]. Source: `docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/2017177.fec`