What office is Michael Alvarez Shepard running for?

State Senator, as filed with the Public Disclosure Commission for the 2026 cycle.

How much has Michael Alvarez Shepard raised?

$116,138 reported raised and $100,490 reported spent, from 342 reported contributors, as of the last filing we read. Figures change as reports are filed and amended.

What party is Michael Alvarez Shepard?

The filing states “DEMOCRATIC”. Washington ballots carry a party preference, not a membership, and this page says only what the filing says.

Who is spending money about Michael Alvarez Shepard?

Independent expenditures and electioneering communications total $7,184 supporting and $0 opposing, as two separate figures. The spenders are filed on the C-6 and are named in section 04 where the sync has carried them.

Candidate · PDC filing · 2026 cycle · filer SHEPM 225

Michael Alvarez Shepard

Michael Alvarez Shepard is running for State Senator in Leg District 42 – Senate in 2026. This page is the campaign’s own filings with the Public Disclosure Commission: what it raised, who gave it, where it went, and what others spent about the candidate. It is not a record of holding office; that is a different page.

DDemocraticState SenatorLeg District 42 – Senate

Filed as: SHEPARD MICHAEL A legal name on the declaration; the ballot name is above
Office, as filed: STATE SENATOR · LEG DISTRICT 42 – SENATE
Party preference: as stated on the filing: DEMOCRATIC

Source Public Disclosure Commission candidate filings (C-1) and reports (C-3, C-4) · as of 2026-09-12 · key PDC filer id — the one identifier the state issues a campaign · note names, office and party are copied from the filing; only the capitalisation is ours

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.

$116K

raised

$100K

spent

$15,648

cash on hand

As of the most recent report, not today.

342

contributors

$340

average contribution

Total divided by reported contributors.

Source Washington Public Disclosure Commission, candidate C-3 contribution and C-4 expenditure filings · as of 2026-09-12 · contributors 342 reported · note independent expenditures are filed by the spending committee, are not in these figures, and are in section 04 · how candidate money is tracked

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.

Largest reported contributors to this campaign
Contributor	Amount	City	Employer
WA Senate Democratic Campaign (WSDC)	$8,527	Seattle
IAFF Local 106 Community Action Account	$2,400	Bellingham
Linda Cornfield	$2,400	Seattle	Not Employed
David Cornfield	$2,400	Seattle	Not Employed
Sharon Shewmake	$1,550	Bellingham	Washington State Senate
Reuven Carlyle	$1,500	Seattle
WA Bikes PAC	$1,200	Seattle
WA Conservation Action Votes	$1,200	Seattle
Building Climate Resiliency PAC	$1,200	Seattle
WA Values PAC	$1,200	Seattle
Chris Stolte	$1,200	Seattle
Stewardship PAC	$1,200	Seattle

Individual contributors, grouped by stated employer
Employer stated by contributors	Contributors	Amount
BMBC	1	$1,500
No employer stated	6	$10,450

Why some contributors are not named. Private individuals are not named on this site unless their own public conduct — holding or seeking office, running an agency, or testifying to the legislature — already makes them a public figure. Their giving is shown here aggregated by the employer they stated. The full itemised record is public at the PDC.

3 of 12 listed contributors stated an employer. The field is filled in by the donor, and a blank means only that it was left blank. It doubles as an occupation box, so “retired” and “self-employed” appear in it too and are not a shared workplace.

Last checked 2026-09-12

Source Public Disclosure Commission contribution reports · as of 2026-09-12 · 12 named, 2 aggregated

Where the money went

Largest reported expenditures. The category is the code the campaign chose when filing, not our classification of it.

Largest reported expenditures by this campaign
Vendor	Amount	Category as filed
Tissot Solutions LLC	$33,041	Management and consulting services,Fundraising events and related costs,Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc.
Cerillion N4 Partners	$32,977	Management and consulting services,Other,Design/graphic art, etc.,Computers, printers, software, phones, etc.,Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. ,Printing campaign signs,Utilities, phone, and other overhead costs,Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps
Gusto	$12,720	Wages, salaries, benefits, payroll taxes
WA Senate Democratic Campaign / WSDC	$8,527	Inkind contribution
Argo Strategies	$4,150	Accounting, legal, regulatory compliance, etc.
Washington State Democrats	$1,830	Computers, printers, software, phones, etc.,Inkind contribution
WA Secretary of State	$677	Filing fees
ActBlue	$646	Bank and payment processing charges
Ken Mann	$549	Inkind contribution
Sachin Pai	$536	Inkind contribution
Nguyening Leadership	$0	Contribution Refunds
Daniel Ingberman	$-10
Lisa Van Doren	$-50
Wendy Czopp	$-100

Source Public Disclosure Commission expenditure reports · as of 2026-09-12 · top 14 shown

Money spent about this candidate by others

Independent expenditures and electioneering communications — money spent about this candidate by committees that are barred by law from coordinating with the campaign. It is not the candidate’s money and is not in the figures above. Spending for a candidate is not money from the candidate, and spending for and against are two facts, shown as two figures.

Spent supporting
stance filed as “for”
$7,184
Spent opposing
stance filed as “against” · not subtracted from the row above
none filed

Jackson Legacy Fund for · $7,024
Fuse Votes for · $160

Source Public Disclosure Commission, C-6 independent expenditure and electioneering communication reports naming this candidate · as of 2026-09-12 · scale $7,184 = full width · key the candidate the spender named on the C-6, matched by PDC candidate id · caveat for and against are not netted

What this page will not compute

A candidate page is where a reader expects a verdict about the person. Each of these is a verdict the filings do not support.

No prediction.: Money is not a forecast. The better-funded candidate frequently loses, and this page shows who paid for a campaign, not who will win.
No net money.: Spending for and spending against a candidate are two facts. Subtracting one from the other manufactures a third that nobody reported.
No donor we cannot name by rule.: A private individual is named only when their own public conduct clears them; everyone else is aggregated by employer. The rule is applied at sync and again at render, and no page relaxes it.
No connected-records section.: A candidate is not a node in the entity graph. Their money is on their committee’s filings, which is where the record lives; this page is a reading of those filings, not a second record.
No record of office.: What someone says while running and how they vote once serving are separate questions on separate pages. Where this person also holds office, the methodology links their record.

Common questions

What office is Michael Alvarez Shepard running for?: State Senator, as filed with the Public Disclosure Commission for the 2026 cycle.
How much has Michael Alvarez Shepard raised?: $116,138 reported raised and $100,490 reported spent, from 342 reported contributors, as of the last filing we read. Figures change as reports are filed and amended.
What party is Michael Alvarez Shepard?: The filing states “DEMOCRATIC”. Washington ballots carry a party preference, not a membership, and this page says only what the filing says.
Who is spending money about Michael Alvarez Shepard?: Independent expenditures and electioneering communications total $7,184 supporting and $0 opposing, as two separate figures. The spenders are filed on the C-6 and are named in section 04 where the sync has carried them.

Answers are generated from the same filing fields as the sections above and emitted as FAQPage structured data, so a machine reader gets the identical text a person sees.

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“SHEPARD MICHAEL A (Michael Alvarez Shepard),” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-09-12, accessed 2026-09-23. https://washingtonindependents.org/candidate/shepard-michael-a-michael-alvarez-shepard/

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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 (2026-09-12), and the PDC is authoritative where it disagrees.
Identity: the PDC filer id (SHEPM 225) — the one identifier the state issues a campaign. Two candidates sharing a name are two filer ids and two pages.
Money: C-3 contributions and C-4 expenditures reported by the campaign, 2026 cycle. Contributors are named only where the donor-naming rule clears them; the rest are aggregated by employer.
Outside money: C-6 independent expenditures and electioneering communications naming the candidate, by the spender’s filed stance. For and against are never netted.
Not a record of office: what someone says while running and how they vote once serving are separate questions on separate pages.