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34th District: The Money Race, Fitzgibbon Ahead in Dollars and Number of Donations
Joe Fitzgibbon has leaped from last in fundraising to first among the Democratic field in the 34th Legislative District contest (W. Seattle, Vashon, Maury, Burien) as the August 17 primary approaches.
Fitzgibbon has raised $39,000, from about 235 donations, with $22,000 on hand. His top contributors include progressive mainstays such as the Washington Conservation Voters, the Service Employees International Union, the bus drivers' union, and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
Mike Heavey, whose top contributors include family and friends like consultants Bob Gogerty and Ron Dotzauer, has raised $33,000 from about 173 donations, with $16,000 on hand.
Marcee Stone has raised $35,000 with a $10,000 debt. (She loaned her campaign the $10,000.)
Both Fitzgibbon and Heavey—whose expenditures are routine payments to consultants and staff, and for campaign gear—have also been the beneficiaries of independent expenditures. A group called Progressive Champions has dropped nearly $27,000 on Fitzgibbon including $10,000 on a mailer. (Progressive Champions is mostly funded by the Service Employees International Union.)
Heavey has gotten nearly $5,000 from Stand for Children, the Obama-style education reform group which has gotten top dollar contributions from: Connie Ballmer (Steve Ballmer's wife at $25,000); developer Ken Alhadeff; property manager Jon Runstad; City Council Member Tim Burgess; and Democratic state Rep. candidate in the 46th, David Frockt.
A fourth candidate, Independent Geoff McElroy, has raised about $5,000.
Fitzgibbon has raised $39,000, from about 235 donations, with $22,000 on hand. His top contributors include progressive mainstays such as the Washington Conservation Voters, the Service Employees International Union, the bus drivers' union, and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
Mike Heavey, whose top contributors include family and friends like consultants Bob Gogerty and Ron Dotzauer, has raised $33,000 from about 173 donations, with $16,000 on hand.
Marcee Stone has raised $35,000 with a $10,000 debt. (She loaned her campaign the $10,000.)
Both Fitzgibbon and Heavey—whose expenditures are routine payments to consultants and staff, and for campaign gear—have also been the beneficiaries of independent expenditures. A group called Progressive Champions has dropped nearly $27,000 on Fitzgibbon including $10,000 on a mailer. (Progressive Champions is mostly funded by the Service Employees International Union.)
Heavey has gotten nearly $5,000 from Stand for Children, the Obama-style education reform group which has gotten top dollar contributions from: Connie Ballmer (Steve Ballmer's wife at $25,000); developer Ken Alhadeff; property manager Jon Runstad; City Council Member Tim Burgess; and Democratic state Rep. candidate in the 46th, David Frockt.
A fourth candidate, Independent Geoff McElroy, has raised about $5,000.
