Clark County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

The sitting District 1 councilor, a small business owner and foster parent, per Clark County's official councilor roster. He has volunteered with people experiencing homelessness and served on a National Alliance on Mental Illness board, per Clark County Tomorrow's 2026 election guide, and says on his campaign site that he came to public service by seeing where systems were not working rather than through politics.

The owner and operator of Trap Door Brewing and Prairie View Station Food Cart Park who also runs the nonprofit Cruise The Couve, per his campaign site. He is a Clark County native and Hudson's Bay High School graduate with a bachelor of science in environmental and renewable energy engineering who previously worked in energy efficiency, per the same site.

The sitting District 2 councilor, elected in November 2022 and seated in January 2023, per her official Clark County biography. That biography records more than two decades as a civil servant working on acquisition and procurement of construction and engineering contracts along with budget and policy work, plus 25 years of military service reaching Master Sergeant in the Air Force and Lieutenant in the Navy.

A public school teacher with 13 years in the classroom who describes himself as an advocate for civic engagement, per his campaign site. Clark County Tomorrow's 2026 election guide lists endorsements including Washington Conservation Action, the Alliance for Gun Responsibility and the Clark County Democrats.

A Battle Ground city councilor and former Battle Ground mayor who has owned a small business in Clark County for more than 20 years, per his campaign site and Clark County Tomorrow's 2026 election guide. He has also served on a school board, per his campaign site, which credits him with restoring middle school sports and investing in roads, parks and public safety.

A lifelong Clark County resident who runs a small business and serves as a Clark County Charter Review Commissioner, per his campaign site. He campaigns on county charter and budget mechanics rather than general themes and says he wants a stronger, more independent council, per the same site.

A deputy county auditor in the Clark County Auditor's Office who previously served as an assistant state auditor for the Washington State Auditor's Office, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. That entry also lists him as a former reporting and analysis manager in the auditor's office and a financial analyst at Southwest Washington Behavioral Health, and records an MBA from Arizona State University and an accounting degree from Brigham Young University.

A small business owner and licensed real estate broker and appraiser who chaired the Clark County Council from 2019 to 2022 and represented District 4 from 2016 to 2019, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. Before county government she served in the Oregon House from 1995 to 1997 and the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2001, where she was majority whip, per the same entry, and she has served on the Clark County Planning Commission and Board of Equalization.

Clark County Clerk since he was first elected in 2010, and re-elected in 2014, 2018 and 2022, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. Before taking office he worked in manufacturing, where he developed and implemented lean systems to increase efficiency, per the same entry, and he serves on the Veterans Court board and as treasurer of the Washington State Clerk's Association. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Founder and owner of Shapiro Mediation LLC, where she handles divorce mediation including financial forensics and asset analysis, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. She holds a juris doctorate from the University of Massachusetts School of Law and has served as a precinct committee officer in Clark County, per the same entry, and pledges monthly open office hours on her campaign site.

A certified general appraiser who has served as Clark County Assessor since 2011 after first winning the office in 2010, per the county's official about the assessor page. Before taking office he was managing partner of American Commercial and Residential Appraisal following a decade in telecommunications, per that same county page, and the Clark County Association of Realtors named him 2020 affiliate of the year, per his voters' pamphlet entry. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

A Clark County real estate investor with more than 20 years buying, remodeling, flipping and evaluating properties across the county, per the Clark County voters' pamphlet. That entry lists a 1999 Fort Vancouver High School diploma, a 2018 emergency medical technician certification, and community service coaching Little League baseball and Clark County Youth Football since 2016, and records no prior elected experience. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

A senior deputy prosecuting attorney in the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Office since 2012 who handles murder and sexual offense cases and supervises the domestic violence and child abuse units, per her campaign site. That site also lists service as a judge pro tempore in Clark County District Court and on the state bar's rules and procedures committee, and reports she received the Clark County Bar Association's Donald Simpson Award for Professionalism in 2025.

Clark County Treasurer since 2019 and a certified public funds investment manager, per her campaign site and the county treasurer's official page. Before taking office she was tax services manager in the treasurer's office, director of strategic partnerships for Vancouver Public Schools and director of the Fort Vancouver National Trust, per her campaign site, and she holds a master of public administration from Portland State University.

Matthews is a licensed Professional Engineer with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech who has spent 43 years in the electrical utility industry, per his campaign site. He spent 12 years at the Georgia Power Research Center and 31 years at the Bonneville Power Administration across 14 assignments, and has lived in Vancouver, Washington since 1992, per his campaign site.