# The Maine Standard FEC committee **C00961342**, registered at **Bangor, Maine 04401**, treasurer **[[Trevor Kowalski]]**. A state-branded independent-expenditure vehicle spending against [[Troy Jackson]] in [[ME-Sen-2026]]. ## What is on the record | Item | Detail | |---|---| | FEC committee ID | **C00961342** | | Treasurer | **[[Trevor Kowalski]]** | | Address | Bangor, ME | | First notice recorded here | **Form 24, F24N, file 2016518**, received **2026-10-02** | | That notice | **$1,442,664.96**, 1 Schedule E line, **oppose [[Troy Jackson]]**, expenditure date 2026-09-30, election code G2026 | | Vendor on that notice | [[MHB Media Inc]] — $1,442,664.96, the whole filing | ## Why it matters **It hit the same candidate on the same day as the [[Senate Leadership Fund]], through an SLF vendor.** MHB Media, Inc took $3,119,925.60 on SLF PAC's $22,530,483.71 notice of the same receipt date — see [[SLF 22.5M Senate IE October 2026]]. SLF placed $3,749,015.18 against [[Troy Jackson]] on expenditure date 2026-09-30; this committee placed $1,442,664.96 against him on the same date through the same buyer. **$5,191,680.14 against one candidate in one day, from two committees.** **It shares a treasurer with a committee in a different state.** [[Trevor Kowalski]] signs both this committee and [[Cornhusker Majority]] in Nebraska, which filed the same day. See [[State-Branded Super PAC Template]]. > [!warning] The aggregate is not a total > The single Schedule E row on file 2016518 carries a running aggregate of **$3,748,586.91** against a > line amount of $1,442,664.96. A single-row document gives no way to > tell which aggregation pattern the filer used, so that number is not treated as a committee or race > total. Only the $1,442,664.96 is established here. > [!note] Open questions > - Who funds it. No Form 3X disclosing receipts has been read for this committee. > - Whether the ~$2.31M aggregate gap is earlier Maine spending. > - Its registration date and organising documents (Form 1 not yet read). ## It is now one of three Maine-branded committees in this race As of **2026-10-04** [[ME-Sen-2026]] carries three committees following the [[State-Branded Super PAC Template]], and each one's paperwork points somewhere else: | Committee | FEC ID | Registered address | Signer | Outside link | |---|---|---|---|---| | The Maine Standard | C00961342 | Bangor ME | [[Trevor Kowalski]] | also signs [[Cornhusker Majority]] in Nebraska | | [[Lead Maine Committee]] | C00946921 | 700 Main Street Ste 3, Bangor ME | Nicholas Stoltzfus | also signed [[Sentinel Action Fund]]'s notice the same day, 6 minutes apart | | [[Stronger Maine]] | C00922294 | 1305 W 11th St #217, Houston TX | Les Williamson | the only one that does not claim a Maine address | Nothing in the filings establishes coordination between them, and a shared signer or address is a compliance-vendor fact before it is anything else. Sources: `docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/2016855.fec` · `docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/2016711.fec` ## Cluster update, 2026-10-11 — the treasurer signs four committees, not two **[[59 PAC]]** (FEC **C00961698**, Anchorage AK, first filed 2026-09-16) was confirmed on 2026-10-11 to carry treasurer **[[Trevor Kowalski]]**, who also signs **[[75 PAC]]** in Ohio. The cluster this committee belongs to is therefore **four committees in four states** — Nebraska, Maine, Ohio and Alaska — of which two carry state-identity names and two carry bare numbers. All four filed Form 24 notices on e-file receipt date **2026-10-09**, all with expenditure date **2026-10-07**, totalling **$6,825,844.28**, and **every line of all four opposes a candidate** with no supporting expenditure anywhere. See [[Trevor Kowalski]]. ## See Also - [[Trevor Kowalski]] · [[Cornhusker Majority]] · [[75 PAC]] · [[59 PAC]] · [[Senate Leadership Fund]] - [[SLF 22.5M Senate IE October 2026]] - [[ME-Sen-2026]] · [[Troy Jackson]] - [[State-Branded Super PAC Template]] · [[Independent Expenditure]] · [[Super PACs]] · [[Dark Money]] - [[Organizations Hub]]