Girmay Zahilay
Girmay Zahilay is running for COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER in KING CO in 2026.
Source Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings · as of 2026-07-28
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What the campaign raised and spent
Reported to the Public Disclosure Commission by the campaign itself. Figures are as filed — the PDC publishes what candidates report, and a late or amended filing changes them.
$244K
raised
$326K
spent
$-81,600
cash on hand
As of the most recent report, not today.
818
contributors
$299
average contribution
Total divided by reported contributors.
Spent by other people
Independent expenditures — money spent by committees, parties or unions advocating for or against this candidate. It is not the candidate’s money and is not included above. By law it is spent without coordinating with the campaign, so it is neither a favour accepted nor an attack invited.
| Position | Reported |
|---|---|
| Supporting this candidate | $0 |
| Opposing this candidate | $0 |
This does not say who spent it. The totals come from the candidate’s own record. Which committees spent the money, and on what, is filed separately by those committees — we hold that data but have not yet joined it to this page.
Last checked 2026-07-28
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Largest reported contributors
Individual contributions above the itemisation threshold. Smaller giving is reported as a lump and is included in the total above but cannot be broken out.
| Contributor | Amount | City | Employer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Shirley | $3,400 | Medina | Not Employed |
| Jon Shirley | $3,400 | Medina | Not Employed |
| Michelle Quackenbush | $2,400 | Seattle | Not Employed |
| Olive Goh | $2,400 | Seattle | JPMorgan Chase |
| Ben Secord | $2,400 | Seattle | Bendo |
| Mike Halperin | $2,400 | Seattle | Not Employed |
| Jodi Green | $2,400 | Seattle | Self Employed |
| George Rhodes | $2,400 | Seattle | Rhodes For Recovery PLLC |
| Leslie Hanauer | $2,400 | Seattle | Hanauer Foundation |
| Rod Dembowski | $2,400 | Seattle | King County |
| David Perez | $2,400 | Seattle | Perkins Coie |
| Jason Fiorito | $2,400 | Lake Tapps | Pacific Raceways Track LLC |
| Ben Straughan | $2,400 | Mercer Island | Perkins Coie LLP |
| Rohan Bhobe | $2,400 | New York | Nava PBC |
| Will Daugherty | $2,400 | Seattle | Pacific Science Center |
| Nicolas Hanauer | $2,400 | Seattle | Second Avenue Partners |
| Teresa Olson Miller | $2,400 | Seattle | Not Employed |
| Suzanne Hittman | $2,400 | Seattle | Not Employed |
| Clayton Lewis | $2,400 | Seattle | Not Employed |
Source Public Disclosure Commission contribution reports · as of 2026-07-28 · top 19 shown
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Where the money went
Largest reported expenditures. The category is the code the campaign chose when filing, not our classification of it.
| Vendor | Amount | Category as filed |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Girmay | $165,523 | Monetary contributions to PAC or candidate |
| Newman Partners | $53,000 | Management and consulting services |
| Jessica Frahs | $35,705 | Fundraising events and related costs |
| Upper Left Strategies | $12,400 | Management and consulting services |
| Blue Wave Political Partners | $12,000 | Accounting, legal, regulatory compliance, etc. |
| Girmay Zahilay Surplus Funds | $11,930 | |
| NGP VAN, Inc. | $8,525 | Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs |
| Paragon | $6,209 | Bank and payment processing charges |
| EXPENSES OF $200.00 OR LESS | $5,114 | |
| KMM Strategies | $5,000 | |
| Seattle Theatre Group | $2,500 | |
| Mailchimp | $2,472 | Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs |
| Madrona Bureau | $900 | |
| Rainier Arts Center | $790 | Charity |
| Abracadabra Printing | $769 | |
| Actblue Technical Services | $568 | |
| Plymouth Housing | $500 | Charity |
| BLUE WAVE POLITICAL PARTNERS LLC | $497 | Accounting, legal, regulatory compliance, etc. |
| Trophies2Go | $455 | |
| Beniam Yetbarek | $399 |
Source Public Disclosure Commission expenditure reports · as of 2026-07-28 · top 20 shown
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Where this page comes from
Every figure above is read from the candidate’s own filings with the Public Disclosure Commission. Nothing here is estimated, modelled or inferred.
This is a filing, not a live balance. Campaigns report on a schedule, and amend afterwards. The figures are what had been filed when we last read the record — 2026-07-28, and the PDC is authoritative where it disagrees.
Money is not a prediction. The better-funded candidate frequently loses. This page shows who paid for a campaign; it does not show who won, and it makes no claim about either.
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Source Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings, 2026 cycle · as of 2026-07-28 · filer ZAHIG 102
The original filing at the PDC
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