Michelle Valdez

Where the money came from

• Individuals $1,019,877
• Political action committees $380,569
• Businesses $316,558
• Legislative caucuses $198,945
• Miscellaneous receipts $93,116
• Other organizations $75,928
• Political parties $75,634
• Small contributions (not itemized) $26,645
• Unions $7,800
• The candidate's own money $145
• Other sources -$1,553

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

• Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $306,768
• Management and consulting services $251,308
• Transfer to surplus funds account $200,000
• Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $194,916
• Broadcast/cable TV advertising $182,911
• Other advertising $144,211
• Wages, salaries, benefits, payroll taxes $140,610
• Digital advertising $139,423
• Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs $120,226
• In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $97,164
• Not categorized by the filer $71,672
• Fundraising events and related costs $64,723
• Everything else (19 more) $265,378

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

• SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $131,445
• HOUSE REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE $127,500
• WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY $79,360
• WASHINGTON STATE DENTAL PAC $14,700
• WASHINGTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING COUNCIL $11,100
• PREMERA BLUE CROSS $11,000
• WASHINGTON HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $9,300
• ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF WASHINGTON - BUILD PAC $8,800
• WASHINGTON FOOD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PAC $8,750
• ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES $8,350
• DAVITA $8,200
• PHYSICIANS EYEPAC $8,200
• WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL $8,050
• PUGET SOUND CHAPTER - NECA PAC $7,900
• AVISTA CORP. $7,650

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

Where donors are

Top cities

• Olympia, WA $439,714
• Seattle, WA $278,438
• Bellevue, WA $194,278
• Port Orchard, WA $120,202
• Gig Harbor, WA $115,630
• Tacoma, WA $56,598
• Spokane, WA $50,980
• Federal Way, WA $35,290
• Redmond, WA $31,169
• Kirkland, WA $29,095

Outside Washington

• CA $28,188
• DC $25,450
• VA $17,880
• TX $17,000
• OR $13,650
• IL $10,250
• CO $8,461
• OH $7,550

$24,403 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

• UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON $6,600
• MONEYTREE, INC. $5,900
• Microsoft Corporation $4,450
• PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD $2,318
• WASHINGTON STATE $1,750
• Clarus Eye Center $1,500
• SOUTH SOUND ORAL SURGERY $1,500
• UW SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY $500
• CITY OF BREMERTON $150

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

Who the campaigns paid

• PRINT NW $370,255
• MICHELLE DOWNEY CALDIER SURPLUS ACCOUNT $204,231
• NEW MEDIA NW $126,863
• Prologue Digital $120,940
• TEMPLETON HORTON WEIBEL PLLC $106,019
• FP1 STRATEGIES $73,831
• DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP $50,757
• Comcast $50,000
• Paychex $42,913
• Peak Fundraising $41,876
• Voter Science $33,431
• GO BIG MEDIA $29,000

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