Koch whores helped to defeat Randy Gordon and Eric Oemig

[eridani]

http://waliberals.org/how-the-koch-brothers-helped-defeat-democrats-in-washington-state/2011/04/17/

In October, 2010 a formal complaint was filed with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission against the Washington State chapter of Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers-funded organization that has promoted the Tea Party and that has funded many right wing campaigns. The complaint alleges that

Americans for Prosperity Washington (AFPWA) has violated campaign finance law in hiding its financial contributions, expenditures, communications, and even its existence from the public eye.

Throughout the election season, AFPWA produced and executed both political advertising independent expenditures and electioneering communications against Democratic incumbent senators in the 30th, 41st, 45th, and 48th Legislative Districts. This has included mailers, canvassers distributing leaflets, and advertisements in the print media.

The tagline on each advertisement reads, “No candidate authorized this ad. It is paid for by Americans for Prosperity Washington PO Box 249 Duvall, WA 98019″ (all known pieces are attached).

On PDC, under committees, under independent spending, under in-kind donations, no records of any kind exist for AFPWA. They have not filed a single C1, C3, C4, or C6 report — they do not exist on paper with the PDC. This is a direct violation of many campaign finance laws…..

The complainants include the Sierra Club (Seattle) and Dwight Pelz, chair of the Washington State Democrats.

[freshwest]

1. Definitely and they will be out in force in 2012. They're probably bankrolling MdKenna.