The term "aggregate," as used in the act and in these rules, means, for purposes of:

(1) A candidate for state or local office subject to contribution limits under RCW 42.17A.405, the total amount of contributions received by the candidate, an agent of the candidate and any political committee affiliated with the candidate from the beginning of the election cycle;

(2) A candidate for local office not subject to contribution limits under RCW 42.17A.405 or judicial office, the total amount of contributions received by the candidate, an agent of the candidate and any political committee affiliated with the candidate from the beginning of the candidate's campaign;

(3) A bona fide political party or caucus political committee, the total amount of contributions received by the committee from January 1st of the current calendar year;

(4) A political committee, the total amount of contributions received by the committee from the date of organization;

(5) A continuing political committee, the total amount of contributions received by the committee from January 1st of the current calendar year;

(6) A contributor, the total amount of all contributions received from a person, and any person affiliated with the person, to any one candidate or political committee;

(7) A person making independent expenditures with respect to a candidate and the reporting and disclosure provisions of RCW 42.17A.255, 42.17A.630, and 42.17A.320, an independent expenditure made by a person in support of a candidate that shall be added to any independent expenditure by the same person in opposition to one or more of the candidate's opponents; and, for purposes of a person making independent expenditures with respect to a ballot proposition, an independent expenditure made by a person in support of a ballot proposition that shall be added to any independent expenditure by the same person in opposition to the ballot proposition or in support of an alternative ballot proposition;

(8) The special reports required by RCW 42.17A.265 and 42.17A.625, the total amount of contributions received or expenditures made by a single person or entity during the special reporting period;

(9) An employer of a registered lobbyist, the total amount of all contributions made to a political committee supporting or opposing a candidate for state office, or to a political committee supporting or opposing a statewide ballot proposition during the preceding calendar year;

(10) The sponsor of a grass roots lobbying campaign, the total amount of contributions received since the beginning of the campaign and the total amount of expenditures made during the time frames specified in RCW 42.17A.640(1);

(11) RCW 42.17A.570, the total amount of all time and demand deposits in each financial institution on December 31st;

(12) RCW 42.17A.755, the total amount of monetary penalty that the commission may impose for multiple violations of the act.