State Representative

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth District · Republican

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At a glance

$13,027cash on hand as of Sep 30, 2026

$25,991raised in 2025–26

$20,179spent in 2025–26

Account: DeCoste, David F. (OCPF ID 15904). See the full reports at OCPF

Year by year

Year	Raised	Spent	Cash at the end
2026	$17,441	$11,405	$13,027 so far
2025	$8,550	$8,774	$6,991
2024	$12,375	$7,779	$7,215
2023	$11,462	$11,933	$2,619
2022	$38,273	$57,585	$3,090
2021	$27,231	$9,822	$22,402
2020	$42,917	$59,328	$4,993

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Individuals (listed by name)77% $20,025
Party committees9% $2,250
The candidate’s own money (loans and gifts)6% $1,521
Unions and associations6% $1,450
PACs (political action committees)2% $500
Other candidates’ committees<1% $200
Other political committees<1% $100
Small gifts not listed one by one<1% $50

Out of $26,095 in contributions and candidate loans listed line by line.

Gifts from individuals: where donors live

Towns in the 5th Plymouth District71% $14,243
Elsewhere in Massachusetts28% $5,706
Other states<1% $75

Split between districts: Hanson, Norwell. All gifts from these towns count as “in district towns”.

Top organizations giving, 2025–26

Cohasset REPTC Party committee$1,000
MA & Northern NE Laborers' District Council Pol Action Comm Union or association$1,000
Boston Police Patrolmens Assoc. Pol Action Comm. PAC$500
Scituate Republican Town Committee Party committee$500
Marshfield Reptc Party committee$400
Seiu Local 888 Union or association$300
Hanover Republican Town Committee Party committee$250
Mass Coalition of Police Union or association$150
Committee To Elect Jeffery Thompson Candidate committee$100
Committee To Elect Todd Smola Candidate committee$100
Hanson REPTC Party committee$100
The Jones Committee Political committee$100

Donors’ employers, 2025–26

Gifts from individuals added up by the employer they listed. No names. Retired, self-employed and not employed are left out.

Software Programmer 2 gifts$2,000
Martin Walter Co. 2 gifts$1,500
Asbury 1 gift$1,000
Inland Professonal Corp. 4 gifts$950
McDonald Electric 1 gift$500
McGovern Hyundai 1 gift$500
Sigma Agency 1 gift$500
Glynn Tree Experts 1 gift$300
Landlord 1 gift$250
Global Watch LLC 1 gift$250

Individual donors giving $200 or more, 2025–26

29 people gave this campaign $200 or more in total. Name and town only, as the campaign reported them.

Matthew Power Norwell$2,000
Chad Forman Norwell$1,500
John C. Flanagan Pembroke$1,000
Homa Safaii Rockport$1,000
Amir Shahsavari Rockport$1,000
Nicholas Spolisino Hanover$1,000
Joseph V. Polsinello Hanover$950
Stephen Ingle Hanover$521
James Van Arsdale Hanover$521
Kathleen McDonald Hanover$500
Richard Merritt Norwell$500
Alice Morgenwick Hanover$500
Nick Spolsina Hanover$500
Michael Assad Hanover$500
Barbara Virta Norwell$500
William Malloy Boston$400
James Staples Norwell$350
Christopher Glynn Hanover$300
Phil Doucette Hanover$300
Karl Swenson Norwell$260

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Shlomo Pinkas Brookline$250
Richard Cunio Norwell$250
Julie Hall Attleboro$250
Wilette Thompson Norwell$250
Ronald C. Kaufman Melrose$200
Tricia Tice Norwell$200
Michael Cianciola Hanover$200
Joseph C. DeNicola Hanover$200
Jean Whittaker Norwell$200

Where they spend it, 2025–26

Office, phone, software and supplies51% $10,420
Printing, mail, signs and ads44% $8,954
Other or not described4% $715
Bank and payment processing fees<1% $104
Events, food and meetings<1% $90

Out of $20,283 in spending listed line by line. Groups are MassVoter’s rough sorting of what each payment was for.

Top payees

Accord Park Office, phone, software and supplies$7,000
Community Fluency Office, phone, software and supplies$2,520
Postmaster Norwell Printing, mail, signs and ads$1,969
Norwell Postmaster Printing, mail, signs and ads$1,599
Bond Printing Printing, mail, signs and ads$1,500
Pilot Bulletins Printing, mail, signs and ads$1,463
Liturgical Publishing Printing, mail, signs and ads$1,230
WB Mason Office, phone, software and supplies$900
Mass Gop Printing, mail, signs and ads$500
Bond Prinitng Printing, mail, signs and ads$400
Postmaster Hingham Printing, mail, signs and ads$390
Commonwealth Print & Services Printing, mail, signs and ads$300

How to read this

Every state legislator has a campaign account that reports to OCPF, the state’s Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Most file through a bank that reports to OCPF, so totals are updated often.
“Cash on hand” is what was left on the latest report. “Raised” and “spent” are OCPF’s totals for 2025 and 2026; “raised” includes any loans from the legislator.
The breakdowns come from the line-by-line reports for 2025–2026. Shares count money, not in-kind gifts of goods or services. “PACs”, “party committees” and “other candidates’ committees” use the account type OCPF lists for each giving committee. Many unions give through their own PACs, which are counted as PACs.
“Small gifts not listed one by one” are gifts of $50 or less that the law lets campaigns report as one total.
Where gifts come from is based on the town each person listed. Some towns are split between districts; gifts from a split town count as “in district towns” even if the donor lives in another district’s part of town.
Individual donors are shown by name and town only, and only when their gifts to this campaign in 2025–2026 add up to $200 or more. Employers are added up across donors, without names. Names are spelled as the campaign reported them.
Spending groups are MassVoter’s rough sorting of the payee and purpose each campaign reported; OCPF does not use fixed categories. Credit card bills and reimbursements are counted by the charges listed under them, not twice. Payments to individual people are shown as one total, without names.
MassVoter updates these numbers every night from OCPF. Last update: October 22, 2026.

These are public campaign finance figures from OCPF. They are not a grade and are not tied to how anyone votes.