2022 general election
Washington 9th District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$1.5M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2022 Washington 9th District race: $1.5M raised by the campaigns, $738K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Adam Smith (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$1.5M
Raised by campaigns
$1.5M
PAC checks
$738K
Outside money
$0
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Adam SmithDemocrat, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.4M
- Spent
- $1.4M
- From individuals
- $643K
- From PACs
- $727K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 52% of Smith's money came from PACs
Corporate $458K (64%)Trade group $62K (9%)Leadership PAC $5K (1%)Membership $22K (3%)Union $121K (17%)Super PAC $6K (1%)Other $44K (6%)
- T-Mobile US, Inc. Political Action Committee (T-PAC) Corporate$10K
- General Dynamics Corporation Corporate$10K
- Blue Origin LLC Political Action Committee (Blue Origin PAC) Corporate$10K
- Science Applications International Corporation Corporate$10K
- Humana Inc. Corporate$10K
- Honeywell International Corporate$10K
- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Political Action Committee (Kratos PAC) Corporate$10K
- L3harris Technologies, Inc. Corporate$10K
Doug BaslerRepublican
✗ Lost- Raised
- $134K
- Spent
- $138K
- From individuals
- $123K
- From PACs
- $11K
- From party
- $400
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 8% of Basler's money came from PACs
Leadership PAC $2K (21%)Super PAC $3K (26%)Other $5K (53%)
- Huck PAC Other$5K
- Chinese American Patriots Alliance Super PAC$3K
- Joe Kent for Congress Leadership PAC$2K
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2022 Washington 9th District race?
- $1.5M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2022 Washington 9th District race: $1.5M raised by the campaigns, $738K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Adam Smith (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2022 Washington 9th District race?
- Adam Smith (Democrat) raised $1.4M.
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2022 Washington 9th District race?
- T-Mobile US, Inc. Political Action Committee (T-PAC) gave $10K to Adam Smith; General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC) gave $10K to Adam Smith; Blue Origin LLC Political Action Committee (Blue Origin PAC) gave $10K to Adam Smith.