Gael Tarleton

Where the money came from

• Individuals $1,071,892
• Other organizations $561,867
• Businesses $252,828
• Small contributions (not itemized) $51,093
• Political action committees $23,410
• Miscellaneous receipts $6,684
• Political parties $3,302
• The candidate's own money $130
• Unions $100
• Other sources -$17,497

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

• Broadcast/cable TV advertising $627,420
• Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs $467,726
• Management and consulting services $377,016
• Monetary contributions to PAC or candidate $126,552
• Wages, salaries, benefits, payroll taxes $95,388
• Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $82,101
• Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $60,535
• Surveys, polling, research costs $44,955
• In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $24,223
• Other advertising $18,504
• Fundraising events and related costs $16,910
• Not categorized by the filer $15,163
• Everything else (5 more) $1,255

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

• WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE $226,932
• PUGET SOUND PILOTS PAC $13,700
• JUSTICE FOR ALL PAC $8,450
• PUGET SOUND ENERGY $7,900
• WA EDUCATION ASSN PAC $7,850
• CREDIT UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTION FUND $7,700
• PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS $7,500
• WA HOSPITAL PAC $6,850
• WA STATE AUTO DEALERS PAC $6,600
• PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS $6,500
• DELTA DENTAL / WA DENTAL SERVICE $6,150
• CAMPAIGN FOR TRIBAL SELF-RELIANCE BY WA INDIAN GAMING ASSN $5,950
• NW MARINE TRADE ASSN PAC $5,950
• WA SOCIETY OF CPAS PAC (CPAPAC) $5,850
• WA STATE DENTAL PAC $5,800

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

Where donors are

Top cities

• Seattle, WA $998,445
• Olympia, WA $88,327
• Bellevue, WA $73,035
• Federal Way, WA $28,968
• Bainbridge Island, WA $27,743
• Mercer Island, WA $24,370
• Tacoma, WA $23,837
• Renton, WA $23,528
• Redmond, WA $22,568
• Chestertown, MD $19,200

Outside Washington

• CA $52,658
• MD $30,896
• VA $22,404
• OR $17,163
• TX $13,047
• MA $12,327
• MO $9,450
• NV $8,375

$32,528 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

• UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON $8,383
• MICROSOFT $7,165
• SAIC $5,986
• PUGET SOUND PILOTS $5,300
• PORT OF SEATTLE $5,111
• AMAZON $4,800
• WSAJ $4,450
• PERKINS COIE LLP $3,400
• BOGARD & JOHNSON LLC $3,394
• CITY OF SEATTLE $3,372
• KING COUNTY $2,761
• K&L GATES $2,750

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

Who the campaigns paid

• AL MEDIA $686,424
• ARGO STRATEGIES $307,405
• GAEL TARLETON SURPLUS FUNDS ACCOUNT $156,803
• HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $125,121
• BLUE WAVE POLITICAL PARTNERS LLC $62,039
• SUREPAYROLL $46,752
• RUDERMAN CONSULTING $43,700
• NEW BLUE INTERACTIVE $43,266
• LAKE RESEARCH PARTNERS $41,818
• NORTHWEST MEDIA ALLIES $39,055
• CAPITOL CITY PRESS $37,408
• WELLS FARGO BUSINESS PAYROLL $33,754

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