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CARNEY BADLEY SPELLMAN

CARNEY BADLEY SPELLMAN reported $9.9M in lobbying compensation over 2016–2022, from 49 clients.

$9.9M

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 2026-10-20 · 2016–2022, 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.

Reported lobbying compensation by year
Year Compensation Share of their largest year
2022 $1.6M
2021 $1.6M
2020 $1.6M
2019 $1.5M
2018 $1.6M
2017 $1.2M
2016 $888K

Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-10-20 · 7 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.

Clients
Client Reported
PHARMACEUTICAL RSRCH/MFG OF AMERICA $781K
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION $579K
CIGNA CORPORATE SERVICES $556K
Architects and Engineers Legislative Council $529K
SPOKANE INTL AIRPORT $515K
AMERICAS HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS $451K
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Affiliates $348K
ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO $335K
LIABILITY REFORM COALITION $317K
ADP Total Source Inc $315K
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE $310K
CONSUMER DATA INDUSTRY ASSN $282K
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS $276K
ASSN OF DENTAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS $275K
National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals, Washington State Chapter $263K
7-ELEVEN INC $253K
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS (WESTERN WA CHAPTER) $253K
NORTHWEST MARINE TRADE ASSN $230K
NATL ASSN OF INSURANCE & FINANCIAL ADVISORS $225K
EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING CO $209K
WA DEFENSE TRIAL LAWYERS $202K
WA ACADEMY OF EYE PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS $197K
PACIFIC PROPANE GAS ASSN $186K
Medical Evaluation Specialists, LLC $185K
International Bottled Water Association $180K
SERVICE CONTRACT INDUSTRY CNCL $148K
AMERICAN FIDELITY CORP $135K
GENERAL MOTORS LLC $133K
PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE AGENTS ASSN $131K
AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSN $127K
ABBOTT LABORATORIES $120K
EVICORE HEALTHCARE $93,750
AMERIHEALTH CARITAS $90,000
The American Waterways Operators $85,000
Aero-Flite Inc. $80,000
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP $80,000
THOMSON REUTERS $71,831
ABC Inland Pacific $71,250
Experian Information Solutions $60,000
JHUSA $57,500
American Fraternal Alliance $55,000
Starkey Laboratories, Inc. dba Starkey Hearing Technologies $42,000
REIMBURSEMENT SERVICES LLC $25,000
WA ST SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS $25,000
WA STATE CONVENTION CENTER PUBLIC FACILITIES DIST (Bogard & Johnson LLC) $15,000
Washington Defense Trial Lawyers $13,333
MOTOR VEHICLE ANCILLARY PRODUCTS ASSN $12,500
TEACHERS INSURANCE & ANNUITY ASSN $12,000
Tusk/Montgomery Philanthropies $5,000
Registered lobbyists
Registered lobbyist Years registered
CLIFFORD A WEBSTER 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
CLIFFORD WEBSTER 2020, 2021, 2022
Hockley Tanner 2017
Jake Mayson 2017, 2018, 2019
MELVIN N SORENSEN 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
MELVIN SORENSEN 2020, 2021, 2022
NATHAN FITZGERALD 2016, 2017
Tanner Hockley 2020, 2021, 2022
Tanner J Hockley 2019, 2020

Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-10-20 · 49 listed

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Checked 2026-10-20

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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
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Whose number this is
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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

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