Bill Ramos

Former State Senator, District 5 · Democrat · records 2015–2028
$1.0M
Raised
$1.0M
Spent by campaigns
$70K
Paid out of surplus funds
92%
From Washington

Where the money came from

  • Individuals $358,258
  • Businesses $257,434
  • Political action committees $221,790
  • Other organizations $74,826
  • Unions $51,400
  • Small contributions (not itemized) $33,519
  • Other sources $23,256
  • Political parties $12,976
  • Miscellaneous receipts $2,441
  • Legislative caucuses $2,026
  • The candidate's own money $625

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 $162,687
  • Management and consulting services $139,903
  • Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $116,712
  • Wages, salaries, benefits, payroll taxes $114,359
  • In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $97,882
  • Digital advertising $88,550
  • Broadcast/cable TV advertising $82,654
  • Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $72,481
  • Transfer to surplus funds account $69,000
  • Other advertising $42,892
  • Computers, printers, software, phones, etc. $19,694
  • Printing campaign signs $12,783
  • Everything else (9 more) $21,048

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
2028 State Senator, District 5 — —
plus $36,493 carried over
$36,493 — — / — PDC ↗
2024 State Representative, District 5 (Position 1) — $239
plus $3,212 carried over
$3,418 — — / — PDC ↗
2024 State Senator, District 5 Won in general $344,856 $308,363 — $37,350 / — PDC ↗
2022 State Representative, District 5 (Position 1) Won in general $142,030
plus $16,127 carried over
$154,946 $750 $131 / — PDC ↗
2020 State Representative, District 5 (Position 1) Won in general $153,899
plus $11,942 carried over
$149,714 $1,125 $2,638 / — PDC ↗
2018 State Representative, District 5 (Position 1) Won in general $383,655 $371,713 $600 $67,620 / $9,992 PDC ↗
2015 City Council Member
CITY OF ISSAQUAH
Won in general $13,871
plus $1,500 in loans
$16,000 — — / — 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 $348,364
  • Issaquah, WA $139,560
  • Olympia, WA $74,200
  • Bellevue, WA $33,712
  • Snoqualmie, WA $28,981
  • Renton, WA $26,486
  • Sammamish, WA $21,355
  • Kent, WA $15,915
  • Tacoma, WA $15,225
  • Maple Valley, WA $13,861

Outside Washington

  • CA $22,220
  • MD $9,800
  • OR $8,750
  • DC $7,585
  • TX $7,500
  • MO $7,250
  • OH $6,025
  • FL $3,250

$32,412 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION $11,125
  • KARR TUTTLE CAMPBELL $5,200
  • C+C $4,500
  • J2 INTERACTIVE $4,150
  • STATE OF WASHINGTON $2,170
  • WASHINGTON STATE $1,350
  • UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON $1,150

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

Who the campaigns paid

  • NWP CONSULTING $206,025
  • MOXIE MEDIA $201,420
  • Publisher's Mailing Service $90,384
  • BILL RAMOS SURPLUS FUNDS $69,726
  • WINPOWER STRATEGIES $50,352
  • BLUE WAVE POLITICAL PARTNERS $39,084
  • Katherine Bobman Consulting LLC $34,774
  • Thomas DuBeau $33,485
  • CAPITOL CITY PRESS $31,287
  • COOPER HUNTER $23,291
  • GUSTO $20,807
  • MEINECKE MICHAEL $20,570

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

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.

Condition of release, from the PDC: this data constitutes a list of individuals and may not be used for commercial purposes (RCW 42.56.070(8)). How this data works · Report a mistake