Several of the candidates for King County Council released their latest campaign numbers today. Leaving aside their spin (I’ll get to that in a minute) here are the numbers.
According to the Public Disclosure Commission, state Sen. Fred Jarrett (D-41) raised just under $43,000 in May. King County Council member Larry Phillips has reported right around $45,000 for May so far. State Rep. Ross Hunter (D-48) reported raising around $100,000. And KC council member Dow Constantine says he will report “around $60,000” for May.
Now, some caveats. 1) Jarrett’s total includes nearly $9,100 in transfers from his previous campaign. 2) I’ve heard that Phillips’s final total may be larger; I’ve got a call in to his campaign manager to find out if that’s true. 3) Constantine and Hunter have not yet filed any paperwork with the Public Disclosure Commission for May, so those numbers are from the candidates themselves. And 4) Of Hunter’s $100,000, about $38,000 is reportedly a transfer from his previous campaign.
Weird aside: Phillips was in such a hurry to report that his campaign had raised $17,000 in the last week of May, he sent out an unfinished press release. It read: “On Tuesday, we set an ambitious goal to raise $17,000 by midnight on May 31st. I am proud to say that XXX people responded and we not only met that goal, but we beat it!” The finished press release, which went out 11 minutes later, included no information about how many people had responded to Phillips’ May 26 plea.
The four Democrats’ Republican opponent, Susan Hutchison, has not filed any campaign-finance information for May.
Susan Hutchinson is a Republican?!
GO NOW!!!!!
Candidate Forum: Meet the King County Executive Candidates!
Dow Constantine Ross Hunter Fred Jarrett Larry Phillips
When: Monday, June 1st, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Fauntleroy Community Church, 9140 California Ave SW, Seattle, 98136
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Ahem… candidates for King County *Executive* not Council.
Have any of them released how much $8.99 red wine they’ve stolen from local QFCs? And what their sentences were after they got caught?
I want to file Susan Hutchison in my little black book under “H” — for HOT!
Speaking of Sue Hutchison, has anyone ever seen her at any campaign forum anywhere this year? Is she a real candidate, or was her announcement news release just a meaningless piece of paper?
Or is there a stealth campaign going on here that I’m just not seeing?
Susan Red Bushie Hutchinson is indeed a Republican – she intends to win on Fear, Spite, and Prayer.
Mostly prayer that the attack ads work and people are gullible.
I saw her at the Alki Foundation for the Seattle Chamber and at a few charity events in the past few months. She seems pretty active. Her website is up… http://www.susanhutchison.com
Ummm, Perkie, Hutchison did NOT show up at the Alki Foundation’s recent candidates’ forum. She apparently sent them an email saying she was aware of the event, but wasn’t interested in attending.
It’s hard to believe this candidacy’s for real.
How do I get that address off of my credit report? I called to ask the Trans Union a question regarding that and I wasn’t even able to verify the address on my credit report because I don’t know what address that is… I was able to verify my current address but since I didn’t know that the representative wouldn’t help me http://www.creditreportproblems.com/debt_collec…;;
ready to help their clients.