Lobbying · Washington State · Lobbying firm
MICHAEL TRANSUE
MICHAEL TRANSUE reported $4.8M in lobbying compensation over 2016–2026, from 27 clients.
$4.8M
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 · 2016–2026, 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.
| Year | Compensation | Share of their largest year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $361K | |
| 2025 | $771K | |
| 2024 | $671K | |
| 2023 | $600K | |
| 2022 | $508K | |
| 2021 | $388K | |
| 2020 | $417K | |
| 2019 | $444K | |
| 2018 | $352K | |
| 2017 | $99,900 | |
| 2016 | $152K |
Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-10-20 · 11 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.
| Client | Reported |
|---|---|
| NOVO NORDISK INC | $510K |
| MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSN WESTERN WA | $500K |
| Axon Enterprise, Inc. | $420K |
| FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE | $383K |
| FirstCash, Inc. dba Cash America | $332K |
| TPCC | $314K |
| Oregon Bioscience Assn | $269K |
| Drivewyze, Inc. (thru National Strategies, LLC) | $242K |
| Key Recovery & Life Skills Center | $200K |
| CITY OF FIFE | $197K |
| Connections Health Solutions (thru National Strategies, LLC) | $189K |
| WA AGGREGATES & CONCRETE ASSN | $158K |
| LeMay-America's Car Museum | $141K |
| PIERCE CO SECURITY INC | $135K |
| L3HARRIS | $124K |
| PAWN 1 | $124K |
| Connections Health Solutions | $109K |
| NAMI WA | $91,247 |
| Association of Global Automakers, Inc. | $83,000 |
| WA ST CONFERENCE OF MASON CONTRACTORS | $66,000 |
| WASTE CONNECTIONS INC | $51,000 |
| Flock Group Inc. dba Flock Safety | $40,000 |
| Compass Pathways, Inc. | $26,000 |
| BRINC Drones Inc. | $22,500 |
| Securus Technologies, Inc. (thru National Strategies) | $17,750 |
| SePRO Corporation | $17,000 |
| AMERICAN RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BAG ALLIANCE (AMBER CARTER GOVT RELATIONS LLC*) | $3,000 |
| Registered lobbyist | Years registered |
|---|---|
| MICHAEL TRANSUE | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
Source WA Public Disclosure Commission lobbying reports · as of 2026-10-20 · 27 listed
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Connected records
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REGISTERED FOR · 2025
L-1 registration 51003 — Axon Enterprise, Inc. · as of 2025-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · 2026
L-1 registration 51003 — Axon Enterprise, Inc. · as of 2026-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · 2025
L-1 registration 97436 — City Of Fife · as of 2025-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · 2026
L-1 registration 97436 — City Of Fife · as of 2026-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · 2025
L-1 registration 122922 — Compass Pathways, Inc. · as of 2025-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · 2026
L-1 registration 122922 — Compass Pathways, Inc. · as of 2026-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · 2025
L-1 registration 1062744 — Connections Health Solutions · as of 2025-01-01
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REGISTERED FOR · 2026
L-1 registration 1062744 — Connections Health Solutions · as of 2026-01-01
Nothing on file
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Checked 2026-10-20
Source the edge table, counted and paged by tier · as of 2026-10-20 · edges 34 filed, 0 composite, 0 adjacency · how edges are built
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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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- 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
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