Beltran in the TCH

Here's a link to the Estakio Beltran article in the Tri-City Herald.

Candidate Ownership

As summarized in the Tri-City Herald, here is a list of who owns the 4th CD candidates.

Dan Newhouse is owned by agri-business, particularly those that oppose GMO labelling.  Total PAC contributions are upwards of $28,000.  His total war chest is $358,014.

Clint Didier has received $5,000 from a gun rights PAC, $2500 from orthopaedic surgeons, and $1500 from Ron Paul's libertarian PAC.  Tricity individuals account for $219,174 of his campaign contributions.

Janea Holmquist gets lots of support from west-side Republicans.  She has raised a total of $171,537 with $5000 from a national electrical contractors PAC, $1500 from sheet metal and air conditioning contractors, and $2500 from a debt collector trade association.

Democrat Estakio Beltran has raised $62,554 with $12,500 from labor unions.  The rest is from local individuals plus a few from Seattle and out of state.

Cicotte has raised $220,606.  Of that, $155,000 is his own money.

Gavin Seim has raised $13,357.

Sandoval, Ramirez, Wright, Stockwell, Midbust, and Pross have not reported.