Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Joseph Baldacci

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Maine District 2
Filing address
Bangor, ME (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BALDACCI, JOSEPH
Next election
Primary June 9, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Maine with the 2026 district highlighted

Maine, District 2

DemocraticU.S. House · Maine District 2Open seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6ME02213 · Principal campaign committee: JOE BALDACCI FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$664,974.09
Total spent$659,339.62
Cash on hand$5,634.47
Debts owed by the campaign$52,000.00
Loans from the candidate$52,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $498,617.49PACs and other committees: $74,050.00Party committees: $4,701.57Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $73,313.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $14,292.03
  • Individual contributions$498,617.4975%
  • PACs and other committees$74,050.0011%
  • Party committees$4,701.571%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$73,313.0011%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$14,292.032%

Self-funding: $73,313.00 (11% of money raised): $21,313.00 given and $52,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$83,244.9117%
  • Contributions over $200$415,272.5883%
  • Itemized from inside Maine$209,992.1048%
  • Itemized from other states$227,009.6552%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Massachusetts $77,832.00 · California $63,833.35 · New York $21,290.48 · Florida $13,500.00 · New Jersey $1,680.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$317K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $317,059.59APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $168,119.82PRE-PRIMARY: raised $213,440.12PRE-PRIMARY: spent $234,214.87JULY QUARTERLY: raised $133,703.27JULY QUARTERLY: spent $241,743.01OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $771.11OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $15,261.922026-032026-052026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

23 committees reported giving $67,050.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Joseph Baldacci$906,861.26
  • Independent expenditures opposing Joseph Baldacci$472,116.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Maine U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Joseph Baldacci (D)$664,974.09$5,634.472026-09-30
Jordan Wood (D)$6,391,429.51$19,224.632026-09-30
Paul Lepage (R)$3,299,130.03$851,922.902026-10-14
Matt Dunlap (D)$2,964,963.53$443,967.672026-10-14
Jared Golden (D)$2,583,023.48$102,600.282026-10-14
Paige Loud (D)$61,919.21$2,991.042026-09-30
James L. Clark (R)$600.00$505.002026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean ROctober 9, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLean ROctober 15, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RSeptember 29, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Tulchin Research (D)October 12–14, 2026500 (LV)± 4.38%Matt Dunlap 50% · Paul LePage 46%
Tulchin Research (D)September 27–30, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Matt Dunlap 50% · Paul LePage 48%
University of New HampshireSeptember 17–21, 2026627 (LV)± 3.9%Matt Dunlap 51% · Paul LePage 45%
Impact Research (D)September 8–12, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Matt Dunlap 49% · Paul LePage 49%
DCCC Targeting Team (D)August 11–13, 2026621 (LV)± 3.9%Matt Dunlap 48% · Paul LePage 49%
Tulchin Research (D)July 11–16, 2026600 (LV)± 4.0%Matt Dunlap 49% · Paul LePage 48%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: JOE BALDACCI FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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