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KRISTOPHER I TEFFT

KRISTOPHER I TEFFT reported $1.3M in lobbying compensation over 2016–2026, from 40 clients.

$1.3M

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 2026-08-07 · 2016–2026, money received

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
2026	$183K
2025	$360K
2024	$325K
2023	$132K
2022	$81,916
2021	$60,000
2020	$44,000
2019	$44,000
2018	$48,000
2017	$12,000
2016	$21,100

Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-08-07 · 11 years on record

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
WSIA	$448K
MAPLEBEAR INC. D/B/A INSTACART (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$60,000
MAPLEBEAR INC. D/B/A INSTACART (Brewer Public Affairs)	$57,500
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$44,453
Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$44,453
Medical Evaluation Specialists, LLC (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$43,632
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Brewer Public Affairs)	$39,589
Architects and Engineers Legislative Council (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$37,136
Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (Brewer Public Affairs)	$33,340
LIABILITY REFORM COALITION (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$33,333
Washington State Financial Services Association (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$33,333
Medical Evaluation Specialists, LLC (Brewer Public Affairs)	$32,724
Architects and Engineers Legislative Council (Brewer Public Affairs)	$27,852
LIABILITY REFORM COALITION (Brewer Public Affairs)	$27,083
Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Services Company Inc. (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$25,000
WA ST FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSN (Brewer Public Affairs)	$25,000
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$24,905
Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$23,333
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$20,000
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE (Brewer Public Affairs)	$19,762
MAPLEBEAR INC. D/B/A INSTACART(Brewer Public Affairs)	$18,750
WA DEFENSE TRIAL LAWYERS (Brewer Public Affairs)	$17,500
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS (Brewer Public Affairs)	$15,000
SERVICE CONTRACT INDUSTRY CNCL(Brewer Public Affairs)	$14,167
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION(Brewer Public Affairs)	$13,892
Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball(Brewer Public Affairs)	$13,892
Medical Evaluation Specialists, LLC(Brewer Public Affairs)	$13,635
MOTOR VEHICLE PROTECTION PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$13,000
Architects and Engineers Legislative Council(Brewer Public Affairs)	$11,605
LIABILITY REFORM COALITION(Brewer Public Affairs)	$10,417
PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE AGENTS ASSN (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$8,000
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE(Brewer Public Affairs)	$7,783
Washington Defense Trial Lawyers(Brewer Public Affairs)	$7,292
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS(Brewer Public Affairs)	$6,250
WA ST FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSN(Brewer Public Affairs)	$6,250
PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE AGENTS ASSN (Brewer Public Affairs)	$6,000
SERVICE CONTRACT INDUSTRY CNCL (contracted through Brewer Public Affairs)	$5,667
Washington State Financial Services Association(Brewer Public Affairs)	$4,167
Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Services Company Inc.(Brewer Public Affairs)	$4,000
PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE AGENTS ASSN(Brewer Public Affairs)	$2,500

Registered lobbyists
Registered lobbyist	Years registered
KRISTOPHER I TEFFT	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
KRISTOPHER TEFFT	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-08-07 · 40 listed

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.

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“KRISTOPHER I TEFFT,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-10. https://washingtonindependents.org/lobbying/kristopher-i-tefft/

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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