New Fundraising Analysis from WA-06 Finds Democratic Challenger Raising More Money from Small Donors than the Incumbent and Republican Challenger
A new analysis of the 2022 campaign fundraising for WA-District 6 has found that Congressional candidate Rebecca Parson has received the highest number of small individual contributions — defined as under $200 — than both the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Derek Kilmer, and Republican challenger, Elizabeth Kreiselmaier.
The research, which was published by the nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets, found Parson raised $95,841 in the 2022 election cycle from donations of less than $200. In comparison, the incumbent raised $93,929 and the Republican challenger raised $67,287 during the same timeframe. The average donation for Parson was $22.50, according to fundraising software, ActBlue.
By contrast, the Federal Election Commission found that Political Action Committees funded by the pharmaceutical industry were some of the biggest donors to Kilmer’s campaign, even as the 6th District has the highest rate of opioid over-prescriptions in Washington State, according to reporting from the Peninsula Daily News. Their investigative report found Clallam County was flooded with 37.8 million pain pills (76.6 pills per person per year) — more pills per person than any other county in Washington state.
Parson says these individual donations reflect her broad appeal to constituents, unions and working class families in her District.
“Rep. Kilmer is funded by Political Action Committees who don’t represent our interest,” said Parson. “Personally, I think PAC money from opioid makers is blood money. Killmer has taken thousands of dollars from this industry and I’m calling on him to do the right thing and return that money.”
National Media and Social Media Talking about Rebecca Parson
Social media and the national media are already recognizing the grassroots movement taking place in WA-06. Parson has 47.6K followers on Twitter, while Kilmer has 30.9K followers and Kreiselmaier has only 965 followers on Twitter as of June 8th, 2022.
Fox News Prime Time interviewed Parson on May 27th, where she discussed her solutions for the homelessness crisis in her District and across the nation. A week later, Newsmax interviewed Parson about her $30/hour minimum wage proposal and how a national housing bill could solve the issue.
"You've got companies like BlackRock Investment buying up entire neighborhoods,” Parson told Newsmax. “You have these empty corporate-owned homes. Why don't we use them for what they're intended for, which is housing people? Like veterans and kids who are homeless?"
Local radio in the Seattle/Tacoma area is also talking about Parson and her unconventional campaign. KIRO Newsradio discussed her platform on the Dori Monson Show.
ABOUT REBECCA PARSON
Parson has served as commissioner on the Tacoma Area Commission on Disabilities, and championed for significant tenant protections in Tacoma under the Tacoma Tenants Organizing Committee. She holds a Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. If elected, Parson would be the first LGTBQ+ member of the Washington delegation and the first woman to represent this district in the U.S. House.
“We’re always looking for volunteers who want to make our District a better place,” said Parson. “If you’re interested in helping, contact us on our website, or call our office. People just like you have helped make over 900,000 phone calls to potential voters in our District.”
Voters can read more about Parson’s stance on issues by clicking here.
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