Marilyn Rasmussen

Former State Senator, District 2 · Democrat · records 2010–2016
$58K
Raised
$59K
Spent by campaigns
98%
From Washington

Where the money came from

  • Miscellaneous receipts $26,036
  • Individuals $19,109
  • Political action committees $5,350
  • Unions $4,450
  • Political parties $2,365
  • Small contributions (not itemized) $390
  • Businesses $198
  • Legislative caucuses $36

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

  • In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $12,818
  • Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $10,481
  • Not categorized by the filer $8,559
  • Management and consulting services $7,500
  • Printing campaign signs $4,225
  • Other advertising $4,147
  • Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $4,057
  • Loan payments $2,969
  • Broadcast/cable TV advertising $1,851
  • Office supplies, furniture, staff food & beverages, etc. $903
  • Accounting, legal, regulatory compliance, etc. $788
  • Travel, accommodations, meals $365
  • Everything else (1 more) $314

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
2016 State Senator, District 2 Lost in general $13,654
plus -$9,073 in loans
$15,652 — $174 / — PDC ↗
2012 County Council Member
PIERCE CO
Lost in general $30,607
plus $58 carried over
$32,348 — — / — PDC ↗
2010 State Representative, District 2 Lost in general $13,673 $10,977 — — / — PDC ↗

Top organizations

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

Where donors are

Top cities

  • Eatonville, WA $39,392
  • Puyallup, WA $3,298
  • Tacoma, WA $2,642
  • Seattle, WA $2,634
  • Olympia, WA $1,410
  • Portland, OR $1,000
  • Spanaway, WA $878
  • Graham, WA $847
  • Setttle, WA $800
  • Federal Wau, WA $800

Outside Washington

  • OR $1,000
  • WV $50
  • FL $40

$436 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

None on record.

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

Who the campaigns paid

  • TRSTRATAGIES $27,263
  • RASMUSSEN MARILYN J $3,026
  • LINCOLN MARIANNE $2,070
  • XPRESS SIGN CO $1,990
  • THE SIGN SHOP $1,464
  • METTLER KATHY $1,329
  • RIM PUBLICATIONS $1,260
  • PEG'S EXECUTIVE SERVICES $1,248
  • NISQUALLY VALLEY NEWS $1,168
  • AD GORILLA $1,001
  • COMCAST SPOTLIGHT $850
  • CAPITOL CITY PRESS $796

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

Record match: Filed as Marilyn J. Rasmussen; the records are later campaigns in District 2 (2010, 2016) and for Pierce County Council (2012).

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