Lobbying · Washington State · Lobbying firm
CHESTER BALDWIN
CHESTER BALDWIN reported $2.9M in lobbying compensation over 2016–2026, from 22 clients.
$2.9M
reported in compensation
Reported by this firm to the Public Disclosure Commission as compensation received for lobbying.
Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-08-12 · 2016–2026, money received
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What they were paid, by year
Lobbying is reported monthly and totalled here by calendar year. A year with no row is a year with no reported compensation, not a year we have not read.
| Year | Compensation | Share of their largest year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $40,860 | |
| 2025 | $141K | |
| 2024 | $183K | |
| 2023 | $240K | |
| 2022 | $378K | |
| 2021 | $513K | |
| 2020 | $608K | |
| 2019 | $296K | |
| 2018 | $285K | |
| 2017 | $111K | |
| 2016 | $111K |
Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-08-12 · 11 years on record
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Who paid them
Every organisation that this firm named as a source of its compensation. Self-funded filings — the firm reporting its own money — are excluded.
| Client | Reported |
|---|---|
| WA APARTMENT ASSN | $547K |
| Delivery Express, Inc. | $406K |
| Manufactured Housing Communities of WA | $265K |
| Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Washington | $253K |
| CONSOLIDATED BOOKKEEPING & MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC | $217K |
| GOVT BLDG OWNERS & LESSORS ASSN | $214K |
| BLDG OWNERS & MANAGERS ASSN OF KING CO | $209K |
| TOWING AND RECOVERY ASSN OF WA | $185K |
| WA COLLECTORS ASSN | $154K |
| WA ASSN OF VEHICLE SUBAGENTS | $128K |
| NATL ASSN OF CREDIT MGMT | $93,620 |
| WA ST SELF STORAGE ASSN | $59,177 |
| SUNRISE SERVICES INC | $52,925 |
| YAKIMA VALLEY LANDLORDS ASSN | $28,000 |
| FAMILY WINERIES OF WA ST | $27,500 |
| WA ST SNOWMOBILE ASSN | $20,312 |
| CHECKER CAB OF SEA-TAC CORP | $16,500 |
| INTL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS (ICSC) | $7,700 |
| NORTHWEST YACHT BROKERS ASSN | $7,650 |
| WA ST MARTIAL ARTS ASSN | $7,500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WA ST | $1,500 |
| BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF WA | $938 |
| Registered lobbyist | Years registered |
|---|---|
| CHESTER BALDWIN | 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Mr. CHESTER BALDWIN III | 2016, 2017 |
| Mr. CHESTER L BALDWIN III | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-08-12 · 22 listed
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Connected records
Every link in this section is an edge in the entity graph: a row in one table, carrying the document that states it. Grouped by how well the record supports it.
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One document states the relation in its own words.
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REGISTERED FOR · year 2025
Family Wineries Of Wa St
L-1 registration 63471 — Family Wineries Of Wa St · as of 2025-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · year 2026
Family Wineries Of Wa St
L-1 registration 63471 — Family Wineries Of Wa St · as of 2026-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · year 2025
Manufactured Housing Communities of WA
L-1 registration 18198 — Manufactured Housing Communities of WA · as of 2025-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · year 2026
Manufactured Housing Communities of WA
L-1 registration 18198 — Manufactured Housing Communities of WA · as of 2026-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · year 2025
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Washington
L-1 registration 41062 — Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Washington · as of 2025-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · year 2026
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Washington
L-1 registration 41062 — Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Washington · as of 2026-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · year 2025
Wa Apartment Assn
L-1 registration 18204 — Wa Apartment Assn · as of 2025-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · year 2026
Wa Apartment Assn
L-1 registration 18204 — Wa Apartment Assn · as of 2026-01-01
Source Entity graph, synced from the pipeline · as of 2026-08-12 · Bills lobbied on are not in the graph yet — the L-2 bill lines are not loaded.
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What this page will not compute
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- What this money bought
- Compensation is what was paid, not what was achieved. The record does not connect a payment to a bill, a vote or an outcome, and we will not infer one — a firm retained all session may have lost every argument it made.
- Who was lobbied
- Washington requires lobbyists to report what they were paid and by whom. It does not require them to report which legislators they spoke to, so nothing here names an officeholder.
- Everything this firm earned
- This is reported lobbying compensation. Other work the firm does for the same clients is not lobbying and is not reported here.
- Whose number this is
- Every figure on this page comes from the lobbying firm’s own report naming its funding source. Employers file separately, and the two accounts need not agree. Where they differ we show the firm’s, because that is the filing that itemises by source.
Cite this page
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“CHESTER BALDWIN,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-12, accessed 2026-08-14. https://washingtonindependents.org/lobbying/chester-baldwin/
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Where this page comes from
Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.
- WA Public Disclosure Commission — lobbyist compensation (L2 reports)
- https://www.pdc.wa.gov/political-disclosure-reporting-data/browse-search-data/lobbyists
- WA Public Disclosure Commission — lobbyist employment registrations
- https://www.pdc.wa.gov/political-disclosure-reporting-data/browse-search-data/lobbyists