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Karen Howe

Data last updated: F-1 statements filed through Oct 13, 2026 · contributions through Oct 14, 2026 · lobbyist reports through Sep 30, 2026 (read Oct 14, 2026)

City Council Member, City of Sammamish, Position 7

Statements of financial affairs (F-1)

PeriodFiledWhat it lists
2025-01-01 – 2025-12-31
City Council Member, City of Sammamish
2026-04-193 income, 31 accounts, 1 businesses, 1 real estate, 1 creditors
2024-01-01 – 2025-03-08
City Council Member, City of Sammamish
2025-03-261 income, 30 accounts, 1 businesses, 1 real estate, 1 creditors

Findings

Context Late or missing · the statement

Filed the 2025 statement 4 days after the April 15 deadline

The statement for 2025 was first submitted on April 19, 2026; it was due before April 15, 2026.

What to check
  • Whether the PDC granted an extension or modification for this statement.
  • Whether the official's term began or ended in 2025 (the statement then covers the part of the year served, and is still due by April 15).
Rule: Annual statement filed after April 15
“After January 1st and before April 15th of each year, every elected official and every executive state officer who served for any portion of the preceding year shall electronically file with the commission a statement of financial affairs for the preceding calendar year or for that portion of the year served.”RCW 29B.55.010(1) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Campaign money: City Council Member, 2025

$10,071raised, 49 contributions
$623their own money
$11,194spent
$2,327 / $0outside spending for / against

Individuals $3,353 · Parties $2,620 · PACs $1,700 · Other (incl. small contributions) $1,360 · Their own money $623 · Businesses $415

How it was spent

Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc.$4,638
Loan payments$3,661
Printing campaign signs$2,576
Inkind contribution$1,870
Other advertising$640
Top contributorsTypeTotal
45TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS
Redmond
Parties$1,870.09
Affordable Housing Council
Bellevue
PACs$1,200
NELSON PATRICA J
RETIRED · Bellevue
Individuals$1,000
41ST DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION
Bellevue
Parties$750
Karen Nelson Howe (Karen Howe)
Sammamish
Their own money$623.41
Rousseau Jacques
Sammamish
Individuals$500
Washington Association of Realtors
Olympia
Other (incl. small contributions)$500
Eastside Business Alliance
Bellevue
PACs$500
Puget Sound Energy
Bellevue
Businesses$400
Nelson Sten
Retired · Long Beach
Individuals$300
Birtley Lori
Shoreline
Individuals$300
Potter Adrianna
Sammamish
Individuals$250
Potter Ted
Sammamish
Individuals$250
Peck Kraig
Woodinville
Individuals$250
ERICSSON JILL
Seattle
Individuals$200

Raised and spent are the PDC's totals for this candidacy; the breakdowns are from its itemized contributions and expenditures · the PDC's page