Group running ads for Bobby Charles slapped with ethics complaint

Group running ads for Bobby Charles slapped with ethics complaint

AUGUSTA, Maine — A group that has run ads on behalf of Maine Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Bobby Charles faces an ethics complaint over the strange way it was organized. Reclaim Maine raised $70,000 from two allies of Charles last year as a political action committee registered with the Federal Election Commission, an unnecessary step to influence state elections. It registered as a state-level group in March before spending a small amoun…