G. Helen Whitener

Where the money came from

• Individuals $86,166
• Political action committees $22,050
• Businesses $3,350
• Small contributions (not itemized) $955
• Political parties $812
• Miscellaneous receipts $768
• Other organizations $270
• Legislative caucuses $200
• The candidate's own money $35
• Other sources -$176

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

• Digital advertising $40,100
• In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $15,265
• Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $7,391
• Not categorized by the filer $4,891
• Filing fees $3,829
• Accounting, legal, regulatory compliance, etc. $3,680
• Fundraising events and related costs $3,564
• Bank and payment processing charges $1,371
• Computers, printers, software, phones, etc. $708
• Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs $628
• Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $539
• Printing campaign signs $274
• Everything else (3 more) $239

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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Top organizations

• SEIU 775 QUALITY CARE COMMITTEE $4,000
• WA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC $4,000
• WA FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES SSF $3,000
• JUSTICE FOR ALL PAC $3,000
• WA ST COUNCIL OF FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT TEAM $2,000
• CAMPAIGN FOR TRIBAL SELF-RELIANCE BY WA INDIAN GAMING ASSN $2,000
• PORT GAMBLE S'KALLAM TRIBE $2,000
• WHITENER RAINEY PS $1,800
• OPPORTUNITY PAC $1,000
• NAT'L WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS OF WA CAMPAIGN FUND $500
• JEFFERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS $500
• DONCHEZ LAW FIRM $500
• STRITMATTER KESSLER KOEHLER MOORE $500
• 23RD DISTRICT DEMOCRATS $312
• WA PROGRESS ALLIANCE $270

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

Where donors are

Top cities

• Seattle, WA $42,498
• Tacoma, WA $17,166
• Olympia, WA $8,542
• Lakewood, WA $8,235
• Gig Harbor, WA $5,350
• Federal Way, WA $5,050
• University Place, WA $2,563
• Trinidad & Tobago, WI $2,250
• Renton, WA $2,050
• Bellevue, WA $2,025

Outside Washington

• WI $2,250
• CA $1,499
• NM $600
• VA $250
• OR $150
• NJ $150
• NY $100
• CT $69

$779 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

• WA SUPREME COURT $6,597
• KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT $1,000
• PIERCE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT $550
• PIERCE COUNTY $450

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

Who the campaigns paid

• FACEBOOK $36,214
• SMS $5,999
• META PLATFORMS $3,710
• ABBOT TAYLOR $3,680
• SLYVESTER MANAGEMENT SERVICES $2,853
• WA SECRETARY OF STATE $2,203
• PIERCE COUNTY AUDITOR $1,626
• WA SEC OF STATE $1,564
• STRIPE $1,371
• BLUE WAVE POLITCAL PARTNERS $1,250
• USPS $1,210
• VISTAPRINT $823

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