The Money Behind Washington's 10th
Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) enters today's primary on August 4th with a financial advantage her Democratic challengers cannot match. She raised $1.51 million for the 2025-2026 cycle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, with roughly $839,000 coming from individual donors and about $667,000 from political action committees (PACs) and other committees. She ended the filing period with $677,498 in cash on hand.
That institutional support tracks with her committee work. Strickland sits on the House Armed Services Committee and on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Her district includes Joint Base Lewis-McChord, home to roughly 50,000 Army and Air Force personnel and civilians, keeping defense and veterans' policy central to both her legislative record and her donor base.
Rep. Strickland has sponsored the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2024, and discussed her bipartisan approach to urban heat policy with KOMO News as part of h…