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Marian Dacca Public Affairs

Marian Dacca Public Affairs reported $1.9M in lobbying compensation over 2022–2026, from 48 clients.

$1.9M

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 · 2022–2026, 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.

Reported lobbying compensation by year
Year Compensation Share of their largest year
2026 $182K
2025 $656K
2024 $520K
2023 $393K
2022 $187K

Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-08-12 · 5 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
SNOHOMISH CO PUBLIC UTILITY DIST #1 $409K
NW GROCERY ASSN $291K
Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) $183K
WA ASSN OF BUILDING OFFICIALS $147K
WA ASSN OF VEHICLE SUBAGENTS $124K
Tacoma Public Utilities $118K
Port of Edmonds $105K
Washington Public Power Association $53,250
Washington Public Ports Association $35,000
Network of Independent Prosthetic and Orthotic Providers $30,000
AT&T SERVICES INC (James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $26,000
BOEING EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION (James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $26,000
DoorDash, Inc (James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $26,000
WA TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSN (James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $26,000
Scout Motors Inc $24,000
RIC Homes, LLC $21,000
Pure Storage, Inc. (through National Strategies, LLC) $20,000
CHELAN CO PUBLIC UTILITY DIST #1 (contracted through DAVID C ARBAUGH) $18,875
ENERGY NORTHWEST (contracted through DAVID C ARBAUGH) $18,875
CHELAN CO PUBLIC UTILITY DIST #1 (DAVID C ARBAUGH) $17,500
ENERGY NORTHWEST (DAVID C ARBAUGH) $17,500
AT&T SERVICES INC (contracted through James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $15,000
BOEING EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION (contracted through James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $15,000
DoorDash, Inc (contracted through James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $15,000
WA TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSN (contracted through James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $15,000
EarthGen (James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $13,000
MUNICIPAL RESEARCH & SERVICES CENTER (James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $13,000
Cypress Creek Renewables (James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $12,500
Mason County PUD No. 3 (contracted through DAVID C ARBAUGH) $10,000
Mason County PUD No. 3 (DAVID C ARBAUGH) $9,000
Renewable Hydrogen Alliance (DAVID C ARBAUGH) $8,000
Cypress Creek Renewables (contracted through James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $7,500
AT&T SERVICES INC(James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $6,000
BOEING EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION(James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $6,000
DoorDash, Inc(James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $6,000
WA TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ASSN(James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $6,000
Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light Company $5,500
Ohop Mutual Light Company $5,500
MUNICIPAL RESEARCH & SERVICES CENTER (contracted through James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $5,000
Renewable Hydrogen Alliance (contracted through DAVID C ARBAUGH) $4,500
CHELAN CO PUBLIC UTILITY DIST #1(DAVID C ARBAUGH) $4,000
ENERGY NORTHWEST(DAVID C ARBAUGH) $4,000
Cypress Creek Renewables(James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $3,000
EarthGen (James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $3,000
MUNICIPAL RESEARCH & SERVICES CENTER(James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $3,000
EarthGen (contracted through James P Justin (Government Relations Consulting Inc.)) $2,500
Mason County PUD No. 3(DAVID C ARBAUGH) $2,000
Renewable Hydrogen Alliance(DAVID C ARBAUGH) $2,000
Registered lobbyists
Registered lobbyist Years registered
Marian Dacca 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-08-12 · 48 listed

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Connected records

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Filed · 50

One document states the relation in its own words.

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

Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.

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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Where this page comes from

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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