Politics & Government
Money In Politics: 2017 King County Primary Candidates Ranked By Fundraising
See how much money local candidates have raised before Aug. 1 King County primary election.
SEATTLE, WA - Like it or not, it's hard to win an election in 2017 without a lot of cash. In advance of the King County primary election on Tuesday, we've taken a look at each candidate's campaign finance filings so you can how much they have raised and how much they have spent.
It's not always true, but looking at contributions and expenditures might give you glimpse of who's got the best chance of proceeding past the primary. One note: candidates marked "NA" have registered with the state as "mini filers," which means that they won't raise or spend more than $5,000. Not all races are on the primary ballot (King County Sheriff, for example) due to the number of candidates, and those races are not included here.
Here's how the fundraising ended up as of Friday:
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Legislative District 31, Representative Position 2
Nate Lowry (D) Raised: $22,564.02 | Spent: $11,165.51
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Michelle Rylands (D) Raised: $33,817.81 | Spent: $21,452.88
Phil Fortunato (R) | Raised: $16,962.54 | Spent: $2,245.12
Legislative District 37, State Senator
Rebecca Saldaña (D) Raised: $9,135.93 | Spent: $6,641.25
Legislative District 45, State Senator
Parker Harris (N/A) Raised: $2,360.00 | Spent: $1,125.21
Jinyoung Lee Englund (R) Raised: $674,224.52 | Spent: $448,227.79
Manka Dhingra (D) Raised: $667,664.75 | Spent: $429,004.35
Legislative District 48, Representative
Vandana Slatter (D) Raised: $10,795.29 | Spent: $5,971.22
Ciaran Dougherty (Lib) Raised: None | Spent: None reported
Legislative District 48, State Senator
Richard Knierim (Ind. D) Raised: $19,170.69 | Spent: $17,365.63
Patty Kuderer (D) Raised: $29,712.02 | Spent: $20,894.52
Michelle Darnell (Lib) Raised: $5,582.89 | Spent: $2,672.27
King County, Executive
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Dow Constantine Raised: $1,179,759.66 | Spent: $828, 030.12
Bill Hirt NA
Port of Seattle, Commissioner Position 1
Claudia Kauffman Raised: $11,165.00 | Spent: $7,143.27
Bea Querido-Rico Raised: $12,115.27 | Spent: $7,110.83
Ryan Calkins Raised: $39,394.72 | Spent: $18,025.68
John Creighton Raised: $94,774.79 | Spent: $64,290.09
Port of Seattle, Commissioner Position 3
Ahmed Abdi Raised: $6,965.00 | Spent: None
Stephanie Bowman Raised: $40,750.00 | Spent: $7,098.86
Port of Seattle, Commissioner Position 4
Preeti Shridhar Raised: $9,043.17 | Spent: $1,340.49
Richard Pope NA
Brooks Salazar Raised: $4,051.18 | Spent: $2,975.70
Peter Steinbrueck Raised: $39,556.99 | Spent: $30,248.75
John Persak Raised: $44,163.47 | Spent: $39,625.56
Fernando Martinez Raised: $14,022.32 | Spent: $16,451.51
Ken Rogers Raised: $3,341.31 | Spent: $159.14
City of Bellevue, Council Position 4
Karol Brown Raised: $28,481.60 | Spent: $14,442.94
Jared Nieuwenhuis Raised: $31,498.00 | Spent: $27,751.05
City of Enumclaw, Council Position 3
Kael Johnson NA
Nick Morris NA
City of Enumclaw, Council Position 5
Blain Thomas NA
Kyle Kading NA
City of Issaquah, Mayor
Claude Blumenzweig Raised: None | Spent: None
Mary Lou Pauly Raised: $8,476.00 | Spent: $2,047.82
Paul Winterstein Raised: $9,764.00 | Spent: $3,548.08
City of Kirkland, Council Position 7
Uzma Butte Raised: $10,711.62 | Spent: $13,133.28
Jon Pascal Raised: $25,373.77 | Spent: $10,649.35
City of Mercer Island, Council Position 6
Mark Coen Raised: $14,740.20 | Spent: $482.90
Benson D. Wong Raised: $17,754.65 | Spent: $7,888.74
City of Redmond, Council Position 2
Osama Hamdan Raised: $9,480.00 | Spent: $9,095.11
Byron Shutz Raised: $4,861.38 | Spent: $5,201.56
Steve Fields Raised: $5,807.00 | Spent: $1,459.62
City of Redmond, Council Position 6
Jason Antonelli Raised: $4,772.31 | Spent: $3,328.21
Roy Captain Raised: $3,750.00 | Spent: $1,966.25
City of Renton, Council Position 2
Diane Dobson Raised: None | Spent: None
Armondo Pavone Raised: $12,705.00 | Spent: $5,805.17
Max J. Heller, III Raised: None | Spent: None
City of Renton, Council Position 6
Ruth Perez Raised: $17,104.16 | Spent: $20,646.14
Jami Smith Raised: $11,225.98 | Spent: $9,149.24
City of Sammamish, Council Position 3
Karen N. Howe Raised: $6,682.45 | Spent: $5,276.75
Minal Kode Ghassemieh Raised: $20,238.00 | Spent: $15,827.97
Karen Moran Raised: $4,450.15 | Spent: $399.46
City of Sammamish, Council Position 5
Ryika Hooshangi Raised: $6,469.64 | Spent: $5,070.68
Rituja Indapure Raised: $23,228.84 | Spent: $15,703.70
Chris Ross Raised: $2,322.02 | Spent: $2,875.63
City of Sammamish, Council Position 7
Pam Stuart Raised: $6,564.13 | Spent: $4,913.08
John Robinson Raised: $1,500.00 | Spent: $1,274.66
Melanie Curtright Raised: $5,204.24 | Spent: $3,764.60
City of Seattle, Council Position 8
Charlene D. Strong Raised: $47,505.43 | Spent: $33,422.23
Rudy Pantoja Raised: $1,500.00 | Spent: $1,241.13
Sara E. Nelson Raised: $130,346.62 | Spent: $97,738.73
Sheley Secrest Raised: $15,734.37 | Spent: $14,576.38
Jon Grant Raised: $175,089.33 | Spent: $133,915.15
Teresa Mosqueda Raised: $191,623.78 | Spent: $136,558.13
Hisam Goueli Raised: $30,936.23 | Spent: $23,489.91
Mac McGregor Raised: $7,350.00 | Spent: $5,313.69
City of Seattle, Council Position 9
Ty Pethe Raised: $3,098.79 | Spent: None
Pauly Giuglianotti Raised: $385.00 | Spent: $180.14
Ian Affleck-Asch Raised: $1,241.43 | Spent: None
David Preston Raised: $2,281.93 | Spent: $35.01
Eric W. Smiley Raised: $1,962.00 | Spent: $2,011.15
M. Lorena González Raised: $59,767.33 | Spent: $35,060.69
Pat Murakami Raised: $12,892.00 | Spent: $4,170.75
City of Seattle, Mayor
Cary Moon Raised: $149,648.75 | Spent: $118,035.76
Jessyn Farrell Raised: $114,201.71 | Spent: $89,964.28
Mike McGinn Raised: $42,494.70 | Spent: $26,123.33
Jenny Durkan Raised: $458,890.84 | Spent: $388,250.97
Nikkita Oliver Raised: $120,792.21 | Spent: $35,554.18
Bob Hasegawa Raised: $15,581.74 | Spent: $8,726.17
City of Shoreline, Council Position 5
Susan Chang Raised: $10,050.23 | Spent: $5,311.71
Lake Washington School District 414, Director District 3
Cassandra Sage Raised: $2,646.79 | Spent: $2,871.32
Seattle School District 1, Director District 4
Lisa Melenyzer Raised: None | Spent: None
Jennifer Crow Raised: None | Spent: None
Eden Mack Raised: $15,307.34 | Spent: $9,478.83
Seattle School District 1, Director District 5
Omar Vasquez Raised: $14,775.97 | Spent: $11,186.52
Andre Helmstetter Raised: $4,335.00 | Spent: None
Zachary Pullin DeWolf Raised: $13,952.00 | Spent: $4,644.97
Alec Cooper Raised: $8,437.78 | Spent: $4,345.70
Seattle School District 1, Director District 7
Chelsea Byers Raised: $5,693.60 | Spent: $139.65
Betty Patu Raised: None | Spent: None
Soos Creek Water & Sewer District, Commissioner Position 2
Alan Eades NA
Merle Reeder Raised: $3,370.00 | Spent: $2,436.31
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