Pat McCarthy

State Auditor · Democrat · records 2012–2028
$363K
Raised
$361K
Spent by campaigns
94%
From Washington

Where the money came from

  • Individuals $208,747
  • Political action committees $70,562
  • Businesses $56,755
  • Unions $13,000
  • Small contributions (not itemized) $7,614
  • Political parties $4,624
  • Other organizations $1,750
  • Miscellaneous receipts $732
  • Other sources -$596

A negative amount is a refund or a correction to an earlier report.

Miscellaneous receipts aren't gifts. They're often the candidate's own money moving from an earlier campaign or surplus account, so it's counted again in the campaign that receives it, plus interest and refunds.

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Where the money went

  • Management and consulting services $112,477
  • Other advertising $58,634
  • Digital advertising $58,344
  • Wages, salaries, benefits, payroll taxes $27,354
  • Not categorized by the filer $23,431
  • Newspaper/periodical advertising $18,213
  • Fundraising events and related costs $17,840
  • Computers, printers, software, phones, etc. $12,664
  • Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $8,211
  • In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $6,865
  • Bank and payment processing charges $4,473
  • Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs $3,172
  • Everything else (6 more) $9,659

In-kind gifts are goods or services someone gave the campaign. Campaigns report them as money in and money out, so no cash was paid.

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Campaigns

YearRaceResultRaisedSpentDebtsOutside for / againstFiling
2028 State Auditor — $75
plus $6,292 carried over
plus $500 in loans
$2,317 — — / — PDC ↗
2024 State Auditor Won in general $45,034
plus $3,855 carried over
plus $500 in loans
$47,403 $4,000 $5,613 / — PDC ↗
2020 State Auditor Won in general $66,108
plus $1,643 carried over
$63,881 — $6,420 / — PDC ↗
2016 State Auditor Won in general $163,519
plus $5,000 in loans
$168,519 $500 $8,926 / — PDC ↗
2012 County Executive
PIERCE CO
Won in general $88,452
plus $513 carried over
plus $2,700 in loans
$79,216 — — / — PDC ↗

Top organizations

Individual donors, and names we can't tell from an individual's, are listed under Contributions.

Where donors are

Top cities

  • Tacoma, WA $124,136
  • Seattle, WA $52,988
  • Olympia, WA $30,333
  • Federal Way, WA $12,085
  • Washington, DC $11,275
  • Lakewood, WA $10,946
  • University Place, WA $9,969
  • Everett, WA $9,950
  • Puyallup, WA $9,210
  • Gig Harbor, WA $8,273

Outside Washington

  • DC $11,275
  • OR $2,650
  • VA $2,000
  • CA $1,825
  • TX $1,000
  • IL $900
  • AL $500
  • WV $483

$7,018 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

  • GORDON THOMAS HONEYWELL LLP $5,850
  • PIERCE COUNTY $3,912
  • WASHINGTON STATE $2,120
  • SOUND TRANSIT $1,800
  • SPRAGUE PEST SOLUTIONS $1,500
  • STATE OF WASHINGTON $1,450
  • CITY OF TACOMA $1,000

Employers are reported only for larger gifts from individuals, and the employer didn't give this money itself.

Who the campaigns paid

  • FACEBOOK INC $58,574
  • BDC RESOURCES LLC $52,821
  • MCCARTHY CAMPAIGNS LLC $30,903
  • WCS LLC $28,848
  • BLUE WAVE POLITICAL PARTNERS LLC $23,425
  • ROME TAYLOR $19,696
  • SOUND PUBLISHING INC $17,503
  • NGP VAN INC $10,475
  • ORCA ORGANIZING $10,433
  • BLUE WAVE POLITICAL PARTNERS $7,950
  • ADP, LLC $6,857
  • PACIFIC GRILL $6,670

Payments only. In-kind gifts aren't payments, so their givers aren't in this list.

A contribution is not an accusation. These are campaign finance reports as filed with the Washington Public Disclosure Commission. They show who gave and how much. They don't show that anyone received anything in return.

Condition of release, from the PDC: this data constitutes a list of individuals and may not be used for commercial purposes (RCW 42.56.070(8)). How this data works · Report a mistake