OLYMPIA, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Let’s Go Washington (LGW) and right-wing influencer Brandi Kruse are at the center of a complaint alleging campaign-finance law violations.
The complaint was filed with Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission Tuesday, May 12, by campaign finance watchdog organization Washingtonians for Ethical Government.
It alleges that the political action committee (PAC) failed to disclose political advertising from Kruse valued between $345,900 and $1.25 million between September last year and this February.
LGW has pushed forward numerous initiatives in the state, including their most recent effort to repeal the so-called “millionaire’s tax.” Two initiatives are already slated for the November 2026 ballot: one to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ school sports and another to reestablish the so-called “Parents’ Bill of Rights” in Washington state.
According the complaint, Kruse advertised across multiple platforms for the PAC’s ballot initiatives to her roughly 819,000 followers. She also was a speaker at two of their events in October 2025 and February 2026.
One of the advertisers listed on Kruse’s podcast is Future 42, part of conservative non-profit Project 42 that listed Brian Heywood on IRS documents as an officer.
LGW spokesperson Hallie Herzberg said the complaint has no merit, nor is the PAC concerned about the complaint. Heywood provided the following written statement through LGW’s communications team:
“It’s suspicious that a nonprofit calling themselves Washingtonians for Ethical Government has never filed a 990 with the IRS. The PR firm they’ve chosen to peddle their baseless claims is Powerhouse Strategies, a progressive consulting group whose clients are predominantly public unions. Why are public unions and organizations who claim to want an ethical government hiring PR firms to fight against Washingtonians’ first amendment right? This continues the pattern of public unions trying to silence voters as they did with the referendum. This group is all about money. The SEIU has had their hands in taxpayers’ pockets for too long.
This kind of case has already been adjudicated in 2007. WFEG stated in their press conference that if they don’t get their way with the PDC, they want to change the rules so it benefits them. Here’s the secret to why they’re running this nothing-burger complaint: they want to keep the gravy train going for taxpayer funded unions.”
The above referenced a Washington State Supreme Court case from 2007 which ruled that talk show hosts were not campaign contributions.
The complaint comes after LGW was fined $20,000 for a campaign finance law violation in October 2024 for failing to properly disclose their spending on the signature gathering process.
Kruse and Project 42 have not yet responded to requests for comment.
