Sandra Romero

Former State Representative, District 22 · Democrat · records 2012
$58K
Raised
$64K
Spent by campaigns
$1,000
Paid out of surplus funds
97%
From Washington

Where the money came from

  • Individuals $39,033
  • Political parties $7,375
  • Political action committees $4,075
  • Unions $3,300
  • Businesses $1,800
  • Small contributions (not itemized) $1,352
  • Other organizations $850
  • Other sources -$100

A negative amount is a refund or a correction to an earlier report.

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Where the money went

  • Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $13,302
  • Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $11,677
  • Other advertising $9,287
  • Not categorized by the filer $7,796
  • Broadcast/cable TV advertising $6,001
  • In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $4,680
  • Charity $3,600
  • Management and consulting services $2,500
  • Printing campaign signs $1,881
  • Filing fees $1,053
  • Office supplies, furniture, staff food & beverages, etc. $827
  • Rent, lease, mortgage, PO box rental $710
  • Everything else (3 more) $224

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
2012 County Commissioner
THURSTON CO
Won in general $57,685
plus $4,819 carried over
plus $1,400 in loans
$63,537 — $655 / — PDC ↗

Top organizations

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

Where donors are

Top cities

  • Olympia, WA $35,669
  • Lacey, WA $4,641
  • Yelm, WA $4,140
  • Tumwater, WA $2,929
  • Seattle, WA $2,705
  • Olympia, WV $1,309
  • Everett, WA $1,000
  • Rainier, WA $785
  • Mckenna, WA $530
  • Renton, WA $500

Outside Washington

  • WV $1,359
  • CO $100
  • AK $100
  • FL $75

$1,252 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

  • THURSTON COUNTY $865

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

Who the campaigns paid

  • CAPITOL CITY PRESS $21,897
  • COMCAST SPOTLIGHT $9,176
  • THE MAILBOX OF OLYMPIA $4,031
  • KGY RADIO $3,200
  • DAILY OLYMPIAN $2,800
  • PEELER DAVE $2,658
  • THOMPSON SIGNS $1,881
  • SUNDAY JACOB $1,830
  • CIELO $1,800
  • SAFEPLACE $1,800
  • THURSTON COUNTY DEMOCRATS $1,647
  • THURSTON COUNTY AUDITOR $1,053

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

Record match: Filed as Sandra J. Romero; the record is her 2012 campaign for Thurston County commissioner.

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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