Kathy Lambert

Former State Representative, District 45 · Republican · records 2009–2021
$489K
Raised
$530K
Spent by campaigns
$19K
Paid out of surplus funds
97%
From Washington

Where the money came from

  • Individuals $383,401
  • Businesses $33,503
  • Miscellaneous receipts $28,491
  • Political action committees $21,240
  • Transfers from the candidate's own accounts $9,300
  • Small contributions (not itemized) $7,655
  • Political parties $2,000
  • Other organizations $1,850
  • Unions $1,500
  • Other sources -$343

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.

Transfers from the candidate's own accounts aren't new gifts. This money moved from the candidate's surplus account or another of their campaigns, so it's counted again in the campaign that receives it.

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Where the money went

  • Not categorized by the filer $210,657
  • Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $95,562
  • Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $51,767
  • Digital advertising $31,100
  • Fundraising events and related costs $24,692
  • Management and consulting services $24,199
  • Bank and payment processing charges $21,673
  • Design/graphic art, etc. $17,360
  • Other advertising $13,416
  • Surveys, polling, research costs $12,350
  • In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $9,083
  • Computers, printers, software, phones, etc. $5,873
  • Everything else (13 more) $12,530

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
2021 County Council Member (Position 3)
KING CO
Lost in general $182,005
plus $139,918 carried over
$309,231 — $44,339 / $5,950 PDC ↗
2017 County Council Member
KING CO
Won in general $131,149
plus $83,645 carried over
$73,951 — — / — PDC ↗
2013 County Council Member
KING CO
Unopposed in general $74,641
plus $54,467 carried over
$46,278 — — / — PDC ↗
2009 County Council Member
KING CO
Unopposed in general $100,802 $100,802 — — / — PDC ↗

Top organizations

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

Where donors are

Top cities

  • Seattle, WA $63,054
  • Bellevue, WA $53,329
  • Redmond, WA $51,880
  • Woodinville, WA $44,578
  • Fall City, WA $32,471
  • Kirkland, WA $25,864
  • Sammamish, WA $24,061
  • Preston, WA $20,450
  • Issaquah, WA $18,804
  • Duvall, WA $16,455

Outside Washington

  • CA $3,225
  • NM $2,100
  • AR $1,600
  • NV $1,500
  • OR $1,350
  • AZ $1,300
  • MD $1,000
  • FL $850

$2,171 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

  • REMLINGER FARMS $4,390
  • MICROSOFT $3,723
  • NELSON TREEHOUSE & SUPPLY $3,491
  • KING COUNTY $3,095
  • ROWLEY PROPERTIES $3,000
  • WINDERMERE $2,250
  • BOEING $585
  • JOHN L. SCOTT $550
  • KING COUNTY COUNCIL $450

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

Who the campaigns paid

  • DETAIL MARKETING GROUP, INC. $68,480
  • WRIGHT BGWA $65,807
  • CITIZENS TO RE-ELECT KATHY LAMBERT TO KING COUNTY COUNCIL $54,467
  • LAMBERT KATHY $48,184
  • DETAIL MARKETING $32,672
  • MEYDENBAUER CENTER $24,572
  • LAMBERT K MS $21,914
  • ADVICTORY $21,500
  • 1892 LLC $19,850
  • BANNER BANK $19,540
  • STORYTELLERS GROUP $16,000
  • DETAIL MARKETING GROUP $12,335

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

Record match: Filed as Kathy Lambert; the records are her King County Council campaigns, 2009 to 2021.

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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