Contribution limits — ME (2024)

Codified contribution caps and filing thresholds. Federal rows cite 11 CFR §110 and 52 USC §30116. State rows cite each state's campaign-finance statute. Per the no-vendors rule, every dollar amount on this page points at a primary source — click a citation to read the underlying regulation.

Contribution caps

Individual

Recipient	Cap	Citation
State legislative candidate	$475 /election	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1015 ($1,750 governor / $475 legislative per election; biennially indexed) Maine: Clean Election Act participants face different rules; figures here are non-participating-candidate caps.
Statewide candidate	$1,750 /election	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1015 ($1,750 governor / $475 legislative per election; biennially indexed) Maine: Clean Election Act participants face different rules; figures here are non-participating-candidate caps.
PAC	no limit	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1015 ($1,750 governor / $475 legislative per election; biennially indexed) Maine: Clean Election Act participants face different rules; figures here are non-participating-candidate caps.
State/local party	no limit	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1015 ($1,750 governor / $475 legislative per election; biennially indexed) Maine: Clean Election Act participants face different rules; figures here are non-participating-candidate caps.

Multicandidate PAC

Recipient	Cap	Citation
State legislative candidate	$475 /election	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1015 ($1,750 governor / $475 legislative per election; biennially indexed) Maine: Clean Election Act participants face different rules; figures here are non-participating-candidate caps.
Statewide candidate	$1,750 /election	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1015 ($1,750 governor / $475 legislative per election; biennially indexed) Maine: Clean Election Act participants face different rules; figures here are non-participating-candidate caps.
State/local party	no limit	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1015 ($1,750 governor / $475 legislative per election; biennially indexed) Maine: Clean Election Act participants face different rules; figures here are non-participating-candidate caps.

Filing thresholds

Trigger	Amount	Action	Citation
Contribution itemization	$50 (aggregate)	itemize	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1052 ($1,500 PAC trigger; $50 itemization) Contributions from a single source aggregating over this amount must be itemized (donor name, address, date, amount) on the state campaign-finance report.
PAC registration trigger	$1,500 (per calendar year)	register	Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A §1052 ($1,500 PAC trigger; $50 itemization)

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