How a dark money network linked to Leonard Leo factors into Maine's super PAC lawsuit

The money trail behind the lawsuit challenging Maine’s cap on super PAC contributions traces in part to a dark‑money network connected to Leonard Leo, a Maine resident and a driving force behind the Supreme Court’s decades-long shift to the right.

In 2024, voters in Maine approved a ballot initiative that placed a $5,000 cap on contributions to super PACs, independent political committees that may raise and spend unlimited sums of money to support or oppose candidates and issues.

Two conservative political action committees, Dinner Table Action and For Our Future, and Alex Titcomb, the Maine-based leader of both organizations, sued in December 2024, arguing the law is unconstitutional. A federal judge in 2025 sided with them and blocked the law.

In October of last year, two appeals were filed in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to reverse the judge’s ruling. One came from Attorney General Aaron Frey. The other came from the initiative’s sponsor, Citizens to End Super PACs, along with the nonprofit organization Equal Citizens.



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