Suzette Cooke

Former State Representative, District 47 · Republican · records 2009–2013
$94K
Raised
$89K
Spent by campaigns
93%
From Washington

Where the money came from

  • Individuals $54,326
  • Businesses $25,454
  • Political action committees $5,820
  • Other sources $2,437
  • Small contributions (not itemized) $2,389
  • Unions $2,100
  • Other organizations $1,500

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Where the money went

  • Not categorized by the filer $19,368
  • Management and consulting services $18,000
  • Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $16,709
  • Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $13,102
  • Fundraising events and related costs $10,613
  • Printing campaign signs $6,638
  • In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $1,796
  • Filing fees $1,022
  • Newspaper/periodical advertising $585
  • Travel, accommodations, meals $503
  • Other advertising $300
  • Bank and payment processing charges $275
  • Everything else (1 more) $88

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
2013 Mayor
CITY OF KENT
Won in general $30,968 $25,401 — — / — PDC ↗
2009 Mayor
CITY OF KENT
Won in general $63,058
plus $5,210 carried over
$63,598 — — / — PDC ↗

Top organizations

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

Where donors are

Top cities

  • Kent, WA $45,647
  • Seattle, WA $7,960
  • Renton, WA $6,575
  • Bellevue, WA $6,250
  • Auburn, WA $3,082
  • Orlando, FL $2,900
  • Tukwila, WA $2,150
  • Covington, WA $1,880
  • Mercer Island, WA $1,650
  • Des Moines, WA $1,450

Outside Washington

  • FL $2,900
  • AZ $1,000
  • VA $900
  • PA $750
  • TX $400
  • CA $400
  • NE $120

$2,389 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

  • KVICHAK MARINE INDUSTRIES $2,500
  • CITY OF KENT $830

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

Who the campaigns paid

  • REID NATHAN $16,897
  • SHOWARE CENTER $10,416
  • DMA, INC $9,761
  • USPS $6,570
  • MINUTEMAN PRESS $6,328
  • CAPITOL CITY PRESS $4,766
  • US POST OFFICE $4,479
  • MAIL NORTHWEST $3,671
  • THE CORBENIC GROUP $3,070
  • MORTENSON DAVE $2,798
  • PRECISION SIGNZ $1,726
  • REV MAILING LLC $1,706

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

Record match: Filed as Suzette A. Cooke; the records are her campaigns for mayor of Kent, 2009 and 2013.

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.

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