June 11, 2008 - 12:46

May state money races at a glance

May is the second in a monthly PolitickerWA.com series of the financial status of some of the state's top races.

Here is how things stand as of May 31, 2008. The first number listed is contributions, the second number is expenditures and the third number is the difference between the two. Precluding any unusual circumstances, that third number is equal to cash on hand. The candidate with the most cash on hand is listed at the top of each section.

All numbers below are in the thousands of dollars, unless otherwise noted. See April's figures here.

Governor
*Chris Gregoire (D): $6.80M - $2.58M = $4.22M
Dino Rossi (R): $5.15M - $1.71M = $2.44M

Attorney General
*Rob McKenna (R)
: $915 - $495 = $420
John Ladenburg (D): $254 - $139 = $115

Public Lands Commissioner
*Doug Sutherland (R):
$268 - $79 = $189
Peter Goldmark (D): $327 - $144 = $183

State Treasurer
Chang Mook Sohn (D): $126 - 32 = $94
James McIntire (D): $94 - 59 = $35
Allan Martin (R): $40 - 12 = $28

Superintendent of Public Instruction
*Terry Bergeson: $94 - $59 = $35
Randy Dorn: $18 - $8 = $10

Pierce County Executive
Calvin Goings (D): $201 - $72 = $129
Shawn Bunney (R): $224 - $98 = $126
Mike Lonergan (I): $29 - $12 = $17
Pat McCarthy (D): $51 - $42 = $9

10th LD Senate
Linda Haddon (R): $45 - $13 = $32
*Mary Margaret Haugen (D): $61 - $30 = $31

40th LD Senate
Ken Henderson (D): $38 - $8 = $30
Kevin Ranker (D): $32 - $12 = $20
(all other candidates have raised fewer than $5000)

6th LD House, Position 1
Kevin Parker (R): $54 - $14 = $40
Mel Lindauer (R): $60 - $28 = $32
*Don Barlow (D): $31 - $8 = $23

7th LD House, Position 1
Shelly Short (R): $31 - $8 = $23 (as of April)
Sue Lani Madsen (R): $25 - $16 = $9
Peter Davenport (R): $5 - $3 = $2

17th LD House, Position 1
Tim Probst (D): $41 - $21 = $20
Joseph James (R): $97 - $89 = $8

26th LD House, Position 2
*Larry Seaquist (D):
$41 - $30 = $11
Marlyn Jensen (R): $30 - $21 = $9

35th LD House, Position 2
Fred Finn (D): $83 - $51 = $32
Herb Baze (R): $28 - $9 = $19
Daryl Daugs (D): $20 - $17 = $3
Randy Neatherlin (R): $14 - $12 = $2

36th LD House, Position 1
Reuven Carlyle (D):
$120 - $40 = $80
John Burbank (D): $61 - $31 = $30

41st LD House, Position 1
Steve Litzow (R): $80 - $39 = $41
Marcie Maxwell (D): $69 - $32 = $37

46th LD House, Position 1
Scott White (D): $49 - $29 = $20
Gerry Pollet (D): $23 - $7 = $16

*Denotes incumbent

Bryan Bissell is a PolitickerWA.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

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