Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Sara Gideon
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · Maine
- Filing address
- South Freeport, ME (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- GIDEON, SARA
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Maine
FEC candidate ID S0ME00111 · Principal campaign committee: SARA GIDEON FOR MAINE
Total raised$75,629,137.16
Total spent$64,069,682.74
Cash on hand$11,559,504.42
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$73,418,288.2597%
- PACs and other committees$727,247.761%
- Party committees$10,730.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,131.560%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,459,855.012%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$11,884.580%
Self-funding: $1,131.56 (0% of money raised): $1,131.56 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
141 committees reported giving $742,799.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$15,303.00
- EMILY'S LISTConnected PAC$14,304.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$13,869.00
- BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC. PAC Company pagePAC$10,540.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$10,280.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- PLASTERERS' AND CEMENT MASONS' ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICA WORKS FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PAC FOR A CHANGEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- IMPACTLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ASIAN AMERICAN ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- M-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- WASHINGTON WOMEN FOR CHOICEPAC$10,000.00
- GREAT LAKES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HOOPS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
Show all 141 committees
- OCEANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PINEAPPLE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CAPA21- FEDERALHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND PAC PCAF PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- HAWAII PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GRANITE VALUES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$10,000.00
- VOTER PROTECTION PROJECTHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- STAND UP FOR WORKERS PACPAC$10,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$9,911.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$9,910.00
- VICTORY NOW PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- BLUE WAVE PROJECTLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$7,000.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$5,500.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO WORKERS AND GRAIN MILLERS INTERNATIONAL UNION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION -- POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FIRST STATE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GREEN MOUNTAIN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PENINSULA DEMOCRATIC COALITIONPAC$5,000.00
- KEYSTONE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST, INC. PAC (WGAW PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- COMMON SENSE COLORADOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MOTOR CITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- GETTING STUFF DONE PAC (GSD-PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTYParty committee$5,000.00
- INTEGRITY FIRST PACPAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PACPAC$5,000.00
- WHEN DEMOCRATS TURN OUT PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHAREHOLDER & CONSUMER ATTORNEYS PACPAC$4,800.00
- DEMOC PACPAC$4,500.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$4,126.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$4,125.00
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC., PACConnected PAC$3,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA COPE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- L.A. P.A.C.Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- VELVET HAMMER PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- ELECTING WOMEN BAY AREA PACPAC$2,524.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,512.00
- NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- MURPHPACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S GIVING COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INDIAN AMERICAN IMPACT FUNDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- VOTE MAMAConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TOGETHER FUND PACPAC$2,500.00
- BLUE SENATE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CONGRESSMAN WAXMAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS PARITY PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$2,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JAMES MACKLER FOR US SENATECandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDENCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- REPAIR THE WORLD PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DAN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DUMP CHUMPPAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC. POLITICAL ACTION FOR CANDIDATE ELECTION (PACE) Company pageConnected PAC$1,750.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$1,500.00
- BETTER GOVERNMENT PACPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS STAFF UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GUN SAFETY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEST 4 AMERICAConnected PAC$1,000.00
- OCEAN STATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (OSPAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- WESTCHESTER-PLAYA DEMOCRATIC CLUBPAC$1,000.00
- 4 MA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE RISINGHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SMART SOLUTIONS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- WORKING HARDER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE AMERICA PROJECTHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- BRIAN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- CANADA CRESCENTA DEMOCRATIC CLUBPAC$500.00
- PRO-AFRICA USA PACPAC$500.00
- DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF SAN JUAN COUNTYParty committee$500.00
- SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PACConnected PAC$300.00
- YOUTH PROGRESSIVE ACTION CATALYSTHybrid PAC$270.00
- DEFEAT BAD LEADERS 2020Connected PAC$250.00
- VOTESANE PACPAC$225.00
- DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA FEDERALPAC$200.00
- PERSISTENCE PACPAC$200.00
- BAIRD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$100.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Sara Gideon$8,017,919.12
- Independent expenditures opposing Sara Gideon$41,861,661.13
- Company and union communications to members about Sara Gideon$808.48
FEC totals for the 2020 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.
- NRSCOpposing$15,550,627.00
- SENATE LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$12,514,272.00
- 1820 PACOpposing$7,681,818.00
- FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTION PACSupporting$3,571,573.00
- THE MAINE WAY PACOpposing$3,550,404.00
- AMERICAN CROSSROADSOpposing$2,207,856.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$755,889.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDSupporting$678,237.00
- OUR FUTURE UNITEDSupporting$515,000.00
- SMPSupporting$491,914.00
- PRIORITIES USA ACTIONSupporting$427,801.00
- NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$399,158.00
The race
Maine U.S. Senate, 2020 · 11 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Gideon (D) | $75,629,137.16 | $11,559,504.42 | 2020-12-31 |
| Susan M. Collins (R) | $27,867,541.38 | $1,295,192.48 | 2020-12-31 |
| Ross Lajeunesse (D) | $791,079.29 | $0.00 | 2020-04-29 |
| Betsy Sweet (D) | $758,008.29 | $0.00 | 2020-08-28 |
| Max Linn (I) | $544,443.57 | $14,887.08 | 2020-12-31 |
| Lisa Jill Savage (UNK) | $208,800.08 | $7,437.08 | 2020-12-31 |
| Jonathan Treacy (D) | $36,393.54 | $0.00 | 2019-11-07 |
| Bre Mx. Kidman (D) | $23,975.68 | $3,807.26 | 2020-06-24 |
| Derek Allen Levasseur (R) | $8,612.80 | −$333.49 | 2020-10-01 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change Research | October 29 – November 2, 2020 | 1,024 (LV) | ± 3.5% | Susan Collins 42% · Sara Gideon 46% · Lisa Savage 7% |
| Emerson College | October 29–31, 2020 | 611 (LV) | ± 3.9% | Susan Collins 46% · Sara Gideon 48% · Lisa Savage 5% |
| SurveyUSA | October 23–27, 2020 | 1007 (LV) | ± 3.7% | Susan Collins 45% · Sara Gideon 46% · Lisa Savage 4% |
| Colby College | October 21–25, 2020 | 879 (LV) | ± 3.3% | Susan Collins 43% · Sara Gideon 47% · Lisa Savage 5% |
| Pan Atlantic Research | October 2–6, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.5% | Susan Collins 40% · Sara Gideon 47% · Lisa Savage 5% |
| Critical Insights | September 25 – October 4, 2020 | 466 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Susan Collins 43% · Sara Gideon 44% · Lisa Savage 3% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election in Maine (retrieved October 23, 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: SARA GIDEON FOR MAINE.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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