EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A liberal political strategist could face thousands of dollars in fines following a report that found she failed to disclose who paid for mailers that attacked a Democratic state senator in the primary.
The report issued by the staff of the state Public Disclosure Commission on Friday says that Lisa MacLean schemed to conceal donors for the mailers that urged voters to support a conservative candidate over Sen. Jean Berkey in August’s primary. The commission will discuss the staff report at a meeting on Thursday, The Herald of Everett reported over the weekend.
Berkey was the only incumbent state lawmaker to lose in the primary. She was targeted by liberal Democrats who thought she was too conservative.
