Reform implication · 2 cases
Campaign finance gray zones
The PDC keeps writing new rules after each high-profile complaint gets dismissed on a technicality. The pattern is regulation by case, not in advance. Reform here aims at clearer ex-ante definitions of regulated activity.
- In August 2025, the Mayor's Office launched a new official City of Seattle TikTok account in the weeks immediately before the August primary election, in which Mayor Bruce Harrell was a candidate. Seattle resident Paul Chapman filed a…Rule gaming
- In 2023, then-Attorney General Bob Ferguson transferred approximately $1.2 million in surplus funds from his prior AG campaign accounts into his newly launched gubernatorial campaign. The transfer was done under existing Washington State…Rule gaming