Mike Cooper

Where the money came from

• Miscellaneous receipts $35,341
• Individuals $11,980
• Unions $9,350
• Businesses $1,675
• Political parties $1,056
• Political action committees $650
• Other organizations $500
• Small contributions (not itemized) $45
• Other sources -$1,300

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

• Not categorized by the filer $32,070
• Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $18,902
• Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $5,969
• Bank and payment processing charges $2,215
• Newspaper/periodical advertising $1,650
• Other advertising $1,326
• Printing campaign signs $1,226
• Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs $1,208
• Filing fees $1,132
• In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $1,018
• Loan payments $962
• Rent, lease, mortgage, PO box rental $810
• Everything else (4 more) $910

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

• NW WA BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL $1,000
• SEIU 1199 NORTHWEST $800
• SEIU HEALTHCARE 775NW $800
• SEATTLE FIREFIGHTERS PAC $700
• FIREFIGHTERS PAC LOCAL 1747 $500
• IAFF LOCAL 1760 $500
• IAFF LOCAL 1828 PAC $500
• IAFF LOCAL 2919 $500
• INTL BROTHERHOOD OF ELEC WORKERS LOCAL 191 $500
• LADS LOCAL 1144 $500
• MACHINISTS COUNCIL $500
• MARYSVILLE FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 3219 $500
• RENTON FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 864 $500
• 21ST LEG DIST DEMO $500
• WA ASSN OF REALTORS $500

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

Where donors are

Top cities

• Edmonds, WA $39,177
• Tacoma, WA $4,550
• Seattle, WA $4,006
• Everett, WA $1,502
• Lynnwood, WA $1,380
• Renton, WA $1,300
• Kent, WA $1,250
• Burlington, WA $1,000
• Federal Way, WA $800
• Mill Creek, WA $750

Outside Washington

• PA $155
• TX $77
• WV $50

Donors' employers

• SNOHOMISH COUNTY FIRE DIST 1 $353

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

Who the campaigns paid

• TR STRATEGIES INC $30,151
• ARGO STRATEGIES $13,905
• CAPITOL CITY PRESS $7,566
• BEACON PUBLISHING $2,480
• MERCHANT PROCESSING CENTER $1,849
• RANSOM AMY $1,800
• CREATIVE PRINTING SERVICE, INC. $1,565
• COOPER CHRYSTAL $1,498
• SNOHOMISH COUNTY AUDITOR $1,132
• THOMPSON SIGNS $1,073
• US BANK $1,048
• PUBLIC STORAGE $924

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