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Campaign Contributions Update: Sept. 27

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Note: The only candidates’ forum is Wednesday, September 28, at the Beaver Lake Middle School, 25025 SE 32nd St. (at 251st Ave. SE), Sammamish, from 7-9pm.

I continue to watch the Public Disclosure Commission filings to see who is backing whom and how much money is raised.

The latest review was conducted Sept. 27.

Here’s the recap:

Position 2

Kathy Richardson v Nancy Whitten

Richardson added a number of small contributors to her campaign, and now has raised more money in cash and in-kind than any other candidate except Ramiro Valderamma.

Richardson’s contributors continue to trend to conservative, including new contributions from current city councilman John James and former councilman Jack Barry.

Whitten did not add a significant numbers of contributors in the most recent reporting periods. The largest, for $500, is from her former employer, John O’Brien. His wife, Mary, owns and operates Arbor School in the Sammamish Town Center.

Position 4

Ramiro Valderamma v Jim Wasnick

Valderamma now leads Sammamish candidates in money raised and with in-kind contributions. His contributors continue to trend conservative, though he has a small number of more liberal contributors.

Wasnick hasn’t added any supporters since our last published review, suggesting a continued, very narrow base of support.

Position 6

Jesse Bornfreund v Tom Vance

Bornfreund continues to report virtually no campaign contributions. Those he has remain in the right-center, property rights spectrum.

Vance has reported two new contributors, suggesting his base remains narrowly focused on Democrats and environmentalists.

The latest summary is here: Sammamish Campaign Contributions 92711.

Who’s supporting whom in the Sammamish City Council Election

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With Labor Day now past, electioneering will pick up in earnest for the City Council races.

A review of the Public Disclose Commission contribution filings gives a sense of the early support for the various candidates.

Position 2

Kathy Richardson vs Nancy Whitten

This is the seat currently held by Michele Petitti, who declined to run for another term. Whitten had held Position 4 but switched to 2.

Neither candidate as yet has reported much in the way of contributions. Whitten reports just $100, from herself. She largely self-funded her 2003 winning election but did bring in contributions from others then and in 2007. So far, there is nothing more to report.

Richardson hasn’t raised much money as yet: just $1,243, including $301 from in-kind contributions. The largest contribution is from Concentric 2 LLC, which according to state records is the business of David Collins of Lake Sammamish Parkway NE. Other contributors: David and Megan Gee, Ursula Geiger and Paul Oostmeyer.

Bob Brady of Sammamish, a commissioner on the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District, has publicly endorsed Whitten.

Position 4

Jim Wasnick v Ramiro Valderamma

This is shaping up already to be the bitterest race that the city will see, with a whispering campaign of innuendos underway against Valderamma. One of those whispers is that he is running as a slate with Whitten and Tom Vance (Position 6). However, a review of the campaign contributions so far couldn’t be more representative of opposite ends of the spectrum.

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