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Saturday, May 22, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 a.m.
 
Statewide giving to tax-exempt groups
A large percentage of the money being raised in this year's presidential election comes from so-called 527 groups — tax-exempt organizations that engage in political activities, often through unlimited soft money contributions. Often, 527s organize voter registration and mobilization work which used to fall to the political parties, and pay for "issue ads," which praise or criticize a candidate's record. This chart lists the largest Washington state donors to 527 groups outside of Seattle through March 2004.
Seattle donors

STATEWIDE GIVING
DONOR LOCATION AMOUNT
CROWN OF ABERDEEN ABERDEEN $765
CROWN DISTRIBUTING OF ABERDEEN ABERDEEN $435
INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS ABERDEEN $396
INDEPENDENT DIST ABERDEEN $198
RONALD HULSCHER ABERDEEN $125
JOSHUA SOSKE ANACORTES $500
VINCENT OLIVER ANACORTES $250
VINE STREET ASSOCIATES LLC ARLINGTON $10,000
LITTLEFIELD EDMUND ARLINGTON $1,000
CROWN DIST OF ARLINGTON ARLINGTON $700
LINDA LARSON AUBURN $250
MED-TOX NORTHWEST AUBURN $250
JAMES MOCERI AUBURN $200
CAROLINA SALCEDO-WASICEK MD AUBURN $50
JANET PAULI BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $550
COLLEEN BYRUM BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $500
JACK AND SUE CHRISTIANSEN BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $500
SHORT, BENJAMIN L BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $400
RANDY BUSH BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $300
CHRISTOPHER G OECHSLI BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $290
CONWAY, ANN BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $255
TOM MOENCH BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $250
JANET L PAULI BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $230
LYNDA MACKICHAN BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $200
PETER LUCAS BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $200
SUZANNAH SLOAN BAINBRIDGE ISLAND $200
MR AND MRS ROBERT O BURKS BATTLE GROUND $215
WAYBURN, CYNTHIA BELLEVUE $45,000
PUGET ENERGY INC BELLEVUE $25,000
EXPEDIA INC BELLEVUE $20,000
T-MOBILE USA BELLEVUE $20,000
VULCAN NORTHWEST INC BELLEVUE $10,000
JACK GRANAHAN BELLEVUE $1,000
LOZIER HOMES CORPORATION BELLEVUE $1,000
PACIFIC DENTAL ALLIANCE BELLEVUE $1,000
UFCW LOCAL 1001 BELLEVUE $1,000
SCOTT, BRIAN & BRONWYN BELLEVUE $750
JEFFREY BELT BELLEVUE $730
HENRY TURNER BELLEVUE $500
KENNETH D GRAHAM BELLEVUE $500
KIRBY MCDONALD BELLEVUE $500
EDWARD MILLS BELLEVUE $400
SCOTT FALLON BELLEVUE $398
DAN LEARY BELLEVUE $395
DAVID BAUM BELLEVUE $300
FLOYD ROLLEFSTAD BELLEVUE $300
PARKER SMITH AND FEEK BELLEVUE $275
RAFN COMPANY BELLEVUE $275
DENNIS POPP BELLEVUE $250
GARY KAPLAN MD BELLEVUE $250
HAZEL LLOYD BELLEVUE $250
JEFF WEDGWOOD BELLEVUE $250
KIMBER DODGE BELLEVUE $250
MICHAEL AND CHRISTINE MCDOWELL BELLEVUE $250
PHILLIP HAAS BELLEVUE $250
PHILLIP HAAW BELLEVUE $250
RUTH LIPSCOMB BELLEVUE $250
SALLY NORDSTROM BELLEVUE $250
TUEUMAN P KATZ ITEE BELLEVUE $250
VOLDALL WARTELLE AND CO BELLEVUE $225
REV JIM C HEER BELLEVUE $220
DOROTHY FURBUSH BELLEVUE $200
JAN JOHNSON BELLEVUE $200
KATHRYN PIZZO BELLEVUE $200
MARC SHEPARD BELLEVUE $200
MARGARET CHUMAN BELLEVUE $200
MILDRED MEBERG BELLEVUE $200
PHIL KRAMER BELLEVUE $200
MARY WOODS BELLEVUE $175
HARDWICK, ADELE BELLEVUE $150
JUDY MORTON BELLEVUE $100
MARGARET M CHUMAN BELLEVUE $100
LL LOPER BELLEVUE $50
SAMEH SALAMA MD BELLEVUE $50
KAREN SLOSS BELLINGHAM $1,500
MRS ANNA W PECKHAM BELLINGHAM $715
SOUND BEVERAGE BELLINGHAM $700
MARGARET JAHN BELLINGHAM $520
NANCY BITTING BELLINGHAM $500
SOUND BEVERAGE BELLINGHAM BELLINGHAM $303
KATHLEEN PAGE BELLINGHAM $255
CYNTHIA L GARDNER BELLINGHAM $250
DALE ZENDER BELLINGHAM $250
DEMBER, BARBARA BELLINGHAM $250
JAMES MARCUS PIERSON MD BELLINGHAM $250
JOHN HAUPT BELLINGHAM $250
MANSEL KEVWITCH MD BELLINGHAM $250
PETE BEGLIN BELLINGHAM $250
STEPHEN OMTA BELLINGHAM $250
TERRY BRENNAN BELLINGHAM $250
WILLIAM M OUWENEEL BELLINGHAM $250
DICKERSON DISTRIBUTORS BELLINGHAM $237
SAM BUNGER BELLINGHAM $225
DICKERSON DISTRIBUTING BELLINGHAM $224
STEVE HOOD BELLINGHAM $220
CYNTHIA FRANKLIN BELLINGHAM $200
JAMIESON MCKENZIE BELLINGHAM $200
JEFF HOWARD BELLINGHAM $200
ACE BEVERAGE BELLINGHAM $158
BLYTHE PLUMBING AND HEATING BELLINGHAM $125
SMITH GARDENS BELLINGHAM $125
CHUCK EGGERT BELLINGHAM $10
GARY SCMITT BELLINGHAM $10
STEPHEN REIDEL BENTON CITY $210
ROBERT HAWKS BENTON CITY $10
WEST WIND BEVERAGE BINGEN $225
SCOTT HAINES BONNEY LAKE $10
TURPEN, JANET BOTHELL $700
CREDIT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION BOTHELL $275
LORI DUNHAM BOTHELL $255
HUBKA, BERT BOTHELL $150
SEATTLE REPUBLICAN WOMEN BOTHELL $85
FRED L HERING BOTHELL $50
JENNINGS CORP BREMERTON $1,966
WESTERN WA BEVERAGE BREMERTON BREMERTON $948
QUENGA, ARLENE BREMERTON $650
LINDA A DRIVER BREMERTON $300
JAMES ROWSON BREMERTON $250
TIM ARNOLD BREMERTON $100
MELVIN E BELDING BREMERTON $50
TOM KREBSBACH BRIER $200
PATRICIA M ANDERSON BRIER $100
MARC W SZEFTEL BURIEN $500
MARC SZEFTEL BURIEN $425
LAREN WATSON BURIEN $250
MRS PHYLLIS THIBERT BURLINGTON $355
CROWN OF BURLINGTON BURLINGTON $316
JANE STEIN CARNATION $200
KARIN CARTER CARNATION $200
MR JAMES D MUNGER CENTRALIA $1,210
LEWIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN CENTRALIA $350
MIKE MAUERMANN CENTRALIA $20
DARREN O NEIL CENTRALIA $10
PETERSON DISTRIBUTING CHEHALIS $369
PETERSON DISTRIBUTING CO CHEHALIS $192
STEVEN A BURDICK CHEHALIS $100
SUSAN BURMEISTER CHEWELAH $50
DONOR CITY TOTAL
THELMA CLEVELAND CLAYTON $50
PIONEER BEVERAGE CLE ELUM $225
SALLY GOODWIN CLINTON $500
MARY JANE AURDAL CLINTON $295
DAVID ROBINSON CLYDE HILL $1,000
JOHN WHITE COLBERT $520
JOHN R ROGERS COLEGE PLACE $50
WHITMAN COUNTY GROWERS INC COLFAX $1,000
MS MILDRED RIEDNER COLFAX $302
JON R DAVIS COLFAX $250
MR AND MRS CARL F LENZ COLLEGE PLACE $690
MR CARL F LENZ COLLEGE PLACE $40
MRS MILDRED E HUBBARD COLVILLE $700
TRIPP DISTRIBUTING COLVILLE $528
TRIPP DIST COLVILLE $316
GORDON MCLEAN COLVILLE $250
EDMUND W GRAY COLVILLE $100
PHIL STALP COLVILLE $25
JEAN BLEVINS COULEE CITY $20
CHRIS SEYLER COULEE DAM $25
HELEN STEDMAN COULEE DAM $20
SOUTH WHIDBEY REPUBLICAN WOMEN COUPEVILLE $10
LEONARD MCCOMB CURTIS $250
SYDNEY BERSANTE DASH POINT $100
CITIZENS FOR QUALITY CARE DAYTON $1,500
ERIC SEIBEL DAYTON $100
JAY SCHMAUCH DAYTON $100
ORAL COMPSON DAYTON $100
DOUGLAS WEST DAYTON $50
KENNETH DYBALL DAYTON $50
LAURENCE A EIDT DAYTON $50
MICHAEL LUCE DAYTON $50
DANNY FIELD DAYTON $25
GARY SCHROEDER DAYTON $25
JOHN F VACHAL DAYTON $25
PAM S HUTCHISON DAYTON $25
DILLARD, ALICE DAYTONG $25
GAVIN OLSON DEER PARK $100
GORDON ELLIS DES MOINES $330
MR MARCEL E ASIS DUPONT $205
JENNIFER SHEPHERD DUVALL $200
LYNDA PHEASANT EAST WENATCHEE $115
LANGLEY MARGARET EASTSOUND $1,000
DAVID MARTIN EASTSOUND $235
CLYDE EAGLETON EASTSOUND $230
PUYALLUP REPUBLICAN WOMEN EDGEWOOD $150
SAMBATARO, JOSEPH EDMONDS $836
MR MAURICE W COMPTON EDMONDS $710
EVELYN A HARRISON EDMONDS $380
STUART, BARBARA EDMONDS $375
JOHN ROY EDMONDS $300
STEVE MCCARY EDMONDS $250
KEVIN OMORRISON EDMONDS $50
HAFFNER, BEVERLY K ELECTRIC CITY $50
MOHAMMED FERCHA ELECTRIC CITY $20
JANSEN DIST ELLENSBURG $132
JANSEN DISTRIBUTING CO ELLENSBURG $132
JANSEN DISTRIBUTORS ELLENSBURG $132
ERIC JENSEN ELLENSBURG $100
HAROLD BROCKMAN ELLENSBURG $100
JOAN BAIRD GLOVER ELLENSBURG $40
MUTUAL OF ENUMCLAW ENUMCLAW $3,000
SUSAN REITER ENUMCLAW $250
HELEN E ZECH ENUMCLAW $100
ALLEN BEACH, ALLEN B EPHRATA $300
RICH DAVIES EPHRATA $10
MARGE SHATTUCK EVANS $75
WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF CNT & CITY EMPLOYEES EVERETT $12,667
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC EVERETT $2,000
CROWN OF EVERETT EVERETT $1,400
WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION EVERETT $1,300
LOCAL 113 EVERETT $1,000
WILDER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY EVERETT $900
FRIENDLY DIST EVERETT $700
FRIENDLY DIST EVERETT EVERETT $700
FRIENDLY DISTRIBUTING EVERETT $700
SOUND BEVERAGE DIST EVERETT $700
CLARK DISTRIBUTING EVERETT $660
LOCAL 2170 EVERETT $500
SOUND BEVERAGE EVERETT $396
KRISTEN MICHAL EVERETT $250
LOCAL 1553 EVERETT $217
JAMES COOK MD EVERETT $200
ROD MENDENHALL EVERETT $20
RUTH PICKERING FALL CITY $400
RUTH M PICKERING FALL CITY $350
DON FELGAR FALL CITY $200
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY FEDERAL WAY $30,000
JOSEPH WILCZEK FEDERAL WAY $500
LLOYD MUSSELMAN FEDERAL WAY $250
DAVID LAWSON FEDERAL WAY $200
DEXHEIMER, DARRIN FEDERAL WAY $200
JOHN TORNOW FEDERAL WAY $200
MICHAEL CRICH FEDERAL WAY $200
ELKINGTON, BRUCE FEDERAL WAY $100
ACE BEVERAGE FERNDALE $342
PATRICIA PARSLEY FERNDALE $240
CARL LAUSCHE FORKS $300
EVERETT W NEWCOMB III FOX ISLAND $250
RONALD SPERLING FOX ISLAND $250
RONALD BASS FOX ISLAND $100
JOHN HAYWARD FREELAND $1,000
RONALD KEESHAN FRIDAY HARBOR $2,000
ELIZABETH B KEESHAN FRIDAY HARBOR $1,000
SARAH M CROSBY FRIDAY HARBOR $200
COMMITTEE TO ELECT JUDY OLSON GARFIELD $250
DIANE CECCHETTINI GIG HARBOR $1,100
STONICH, THOMAS GIG HARBOR $520
CLIFF ROBERTSON GIG HARBOR $250
ROBERT KROTZ GIG HARBOR $250
SARAH HORSMAN GIG HARBOR $250
VINCENT SCHMITZ GIG HARBOR $250
JOANNA LOEHR GIG HARBOR $200
NOLET, BARBARA ROSS GIG HARBOR $200
ANTHONY J HAFTEL MD GIG HARBOR $150
DONALD LILLEGARD GIG HARBOR $100
JAMES M GOOD GIG HARBOR $100
JUNE BOWMAN GIG HARBOR $100
MICHAEL FITZGERALD GIG HARBOR $100
SALLY A WATKINS GIG HARBOR $100
WILLARD G WAGNER JR GIG HARBOR $100
MICHAEL WILTERMOOD GRAND COULEE $265
GRAND COULEE PHYSICAL THERAPY GRAND COULEE $50
GEARY OLIVER GRAND COULEE $30
DEBBIE BIGELOW GRAND COULEE $20
DIANE BABLER GRAND COULEE $20
ELLEN MINKES GRAND COULEE $20
STEPHEN A FOSTER GRANITE FALLS $200
GREGORY L SHAW HUNTS POINT $250
BROTMAN, JEFFREY H ISSAQUAH $95,000
SINEGAL, JAMES D ISSAQUAH $95,000
ROWLEY ENTERPRISES INC ISSAQUAH $7,000
BROTMAN, JEFF ISSAQUAH $2,500
JAMES, SINEGAL ISSAQUAH $2,500
DAVE MARUTIAK ISSAQUAH $600
VICTOR DENENBERG ISSAQUAH $350
SUSAN MONCHIL ISSAQUAH $250
DAVID NEEDLE MD ISSAQUAH $50
MARY MCTAVISH KENMORE $265
TERENCE HOSKEN KENMORE $250
GREG THOMPSON KENMORE $200
LEO UTTER KENMORE $200
MT HOOD BEVERAGE KENNEWICK $700
MT HOOD KENNEWICK KENNEWICK $700
MT HOOD DIST KENNEWICK $660
MARCEL LOH KENNEWICK $75
LEANN ANDERSON KENNEWICK $50
TRI CITY REPUBLICAN WOMEN KENNEWICK $20
PNWRCC KENT $80,000
CITY BEVERAGES KENT $2,099
STEPHEN G WHITE KENT $250
MARION MORGENSTERN KENT $230
LISA RUSK KENT $100
DONALD JOHNSON KENT $50
MARY HOWARD KENT $10
ROBERT W DUPAR KIRKLAND $500
HOLMBERY COMPANY KIRKLAND $375
RICHARD K BODLAENDER KIRKLAND $260
JOHN EVANS KIRKLAND $250
REBECCA HIRT KIRKLAND $250
THOMAS HIRT KIRKLAND $250
RANDY J RUMLEY KIRKLAND $240
M ALLISON MAUS KIRKLAND $225
CAROLYN HALLETT KIRKLAND $200
JENNIFER HOLDER KIRKLAND $145
IAN ELLIOT KIRKLAND $125
WEATHERVANE WINDOW CO KIRKLAND $125
LT COL MARTHA A MCFADDEN LACEY $2,825
LINDA JEAN DAVIS LACEY $340
THOMAS BYRON LAKE FOREST $100
SUZANNE C JOHNSON LAKE FOREST PARK $200
MR BERT NELSON LAKE STEVENS $205
CAROL AND GARY MILGARD LAKEWOOD $1,000
NATIONAL DIST LAKEWOOD $700
TAYLOR, STEPHEN LAKEWOOD $460
MAX AND ELIZABETH THOMAS LAKEWOOD $75
LAKEWOOD REPUBLICAN WOMEN LAKEWOOD $10
ROBERT M CABOT LANGLEY $2,500
NANCY S NORDHOFF LANGLEY $500
PAULA KERBY LANGLEY $200
VICTORIA FAIRBANKS LANGLEY $200
DALE TUVEY LANGLEY $100
SHAUN KOOS LEAVENWORTH $500
STEVEN R JACOBS LEAVENWORTH $25
SHARON FAIRCHILD LIBERTY LAKE $100
DEBORAH BLAKE SWENNES LONGVIES $250
MR ELMER J SCHAEFER LONGVIEW $1,052
MALETIS BEVERAGE LONGVIEW $1,003
MALETIS BEV LONGVIEW $528
CALVIN R LANTZ III LONGVIEW $250
JAMES MESKEW LONGVIEW $250
JOSIAH S JOHNSON LONGVIEW $250
PATRICIA J PETERSON LONGVIEW $250
SCOTT LAUBISCH LONGVIEW $250
STEIN DIST LONGVIEW $171
GARVIN OLSON LOON LAKE $250
RW BEHAN LOPEZ ISLAND $280
JOE & OAKLEY GOODNER LOPEZ ISLAND $200
LIS MARSHALL LUMMI ISLAND $235
HENRY JANSON LYNDEN $1,000
CITYBANK LYNNWOOD $250
ECHELBERGER PROPERTIES LYNNWOOD $250
PROCTOR SALES INC LYNNWOOD $125
DAVID, BRIAN LYNNWOOD $100
BESSE, LINDA MEAD $1,000
JENNIFER K WILBER MEAD $250
THOMAS W WILBER MEAD $250
ROUSH, G JAMES MEDINA $45,000
CONNORS, JOHN MEDINA $5,000
RICHARD PETERSON MEDINA $1,500
CHARLOTTE B SPITZER MERCER ISLAND $2,500
JACK J SPITZER MERCER ISLAND $2,500
J MICHAEL RONA MERCER ISLAND $1,000
JAMES CASSAN MERCER ISLAND $1,000
SPITZER JACK MERCER ISLAND $1,000
MEDRICE M COLUCCIO MERCER ISLAND $500
MR JOSEPH H SCHOONMAKER MERCER ISLAND $407
CAROL W FRIENDS MERCER ISLAND $400
FELDON, ARTHUR MERCER ISLAND $300
CALVIN K KNIGHT MERCER ISLAND $250
ERIK RASMUSSEN MERCER ISLAND $250
JANET FROHNMAYER MERCER ISLAND $250
JULIE SARKISSIAN MERCER ISLAND $250
KEITH DEGGINGER MERCER ISLAND $250
MEDRICE COLUCCIO MERCER ISLAND $250
RICHARD ROODMAN MERCER ISLAND $250
TED KOHLER MERCER ISLAND $230
TED R KOHLER MERCER ISLAND $230
VALERIE NEWMAN MERCER ISLAND $225
FAIRES, ANN MERCER ISLAND $200
NANCY AUER MERCER ISLAND $200
NICHOLAS B VEDDER MERCER ISLAND $200
PAUL LARSON MERCER ISLAND $100
WASHINGTON/NORTHERN IDAHO LADC MILL CREEK $30,000
WA AND N IDAHO DIST CNCL OF LABORERS MILL CREEK $5,000
LARRENCE MAUPIN MORTON $50
MIDWAY BEVERAGE MOSES LAKE $1,160
PISTORESI DIST MOSES LAKE MOSES LAKE $686
PISTORESI MOSES LAKE MOSES LAKE $316
PISTORESI DISTRIBUTING MOSES LAKE $288
KEITH BALDWIN MOSES LAKE $250
BROTHERTON SEED CO MOSES LAKE $130
LYNN BALES MOSES LAKE $100
SCOTT CAMPBELL MOSES LAKE $50
SOUND BEVERAGE MT VERNON MOUNT VERNON $633
NORTH CASCADE ENT AND FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY PC MOUNT VERNON $300
PREMERA BLUE CROSS MOUNTLAKE TERRACE $5,000
JANE HALSEY MT VERNON $250
DON MCGEE MUKILTEO $1,000
DEBORAH NEDELMAN MUKILTEO $425
STEVEN C MAXWELL MUKILTEO $100
WILLIAM WEYERHAUSER NA $4,000
FRITZI COHEN NAHCOTTA $230
LISA CARRUTHERS NEWCASTLE $250
KIM MANUS NEWPORT $100
ROGER RASMUSSEN NEWPORT $50
KAREN BENHAM NEWPORT $25
SCOTT RHINE OAK HARBOR $100
NORTH WHIDBEY REPUBLICAN WOMEN OAK HARBOR $60
WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF FIRE FIGHTERS OLYMPIA $69,000
AT&T CORPORATION OLYMPIA $15,000
WASHINGTON RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION OLYMPIA $7,500
AMGEN INC OLYMPIA $5,000
MILLER BREWING COMPANY OLYMPIA $5,000
WA ST BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TRADES CNCL OLYMPIA $2,500
WASHINGTON HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION OLYMPIA $2,500
MRS FUMIE BOYCE OLYMPIA $1,028
DAN KELLY OLYMPIA $600
CHARLES SCOTT BOND OLYMPIA $500
LIEBMAN, BECKY OLYMPIA $500
HORGER, NANCY OLYMPIA $295
BMT NORTHWEST OLYMPIA $250
DANIEL HARRIS OLYMPIA $250
GEORGE BROWN OLYMPIA $250
JAMES LEONARD OLYMPIA $250
JEAN ROBERTS OLYMPIA $250
SHELLEY EARING OLYMPIA $250
THERA BLACK OLYMPIA $250
THOMAS RISSE OLYMPIA $250
ROBERT WHARTON OLYMPIA $230
JACKSON, ANN OLYMPIA $220
COOPER, BRUCE OLYMPIA $200
DANIEL W BOOK OLYMPIA $200
JOHN CUSICK OLYMPIA $200
MARILYN SAVAGE OLYMPIA $200
NELL STANGELAND OLYMPIA $200
ROSALIE MCHALE OLYMPIA $200
GAIL STEWART OLYMPIA $100
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