WA People

Les Thomas

Former State Representative, District 31 · Republican · records 2011–2023
Voting record and bills
$15K
Raised
$14K
Spent by campaigns
99%
From Washington

Where the money came from

  • Individuals $9,019
  • Political action committees $2,900
  • Businesses $2,400
  • Small contributions (not itemized) $700
  • Miscellaneous receipts $0

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

  • Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $5,033
  • In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $4,605
  • Loan payments $1,400
  • Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $664
  • Other advertising $609
  • Management and consulting services $330
  • Filing fees $278
  • Travel, accommodations, meals $207
  • Not categorized by the filer $204
  • Printing campaign signs $145
  • Office supplies, furniture, staff food & beverages, etc. $139
  • Charity $110

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
2023 City Council Member (Position 3)
CITY OF KENT
Mini reporting: no itemized records
 — — — — — / — PDC ↗
2019 City Council Member
CITY OF KENT
Mini reporting: no itemized records
 Won in general — — — $4,973 / — PDC ↗
2015 City Council Member
CITY OF KENT
 Unopposed in general — — — — / — PDC ↗
2014 State Representative, District 33 Lost in primary — — — — / — PDC ↗
2011 City Council Member
CITY OF KENT
 Won in general $15,019 $13,724 — $609 / — PDC ↗

Top organizations

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

Where donors are

Top cities

  • Kent, WA $10,214
  • Bellevue, WA $1,600
  • Olympia, WA $1,000
  • Auburn, WA $655
  • Seatac, WA $500
  • Gold Canyon, AZ $100
  • Covington, WA $100
  • Sun City West, AZ $50
  • Mesa, AZ $50
  • Lake Tapps, WA $25

Outside Washington

  • AZ $200

$700 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

None on record.

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

Who the campaigns paid

  • J.R. MAILING $3,659
  • THOMAS LES S $1,079
  • MINUTEMAN PRESS $832
  • TCC PRINTING $619
  • KENT REPORTER $609
  • LABELS & LISTS, INC $533
  • THOMAS LES $432
  • USPS $367
  • KIWANIS CLUB OF KENT $204
  • SEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL $110
  • GREATER KENT HISTORIAL SOCIETYC $100
  • KENT PARKS FOUNDATION $60

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

Record match: Filed as Leslie S. Thomas (Les Thomas); the records are his Kent City Council campaigns, 2011 to 2023, and a 2014 House campaign in District 33.

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.

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