Spokane, Washington sample ballot 2026

A public accountant at a CPA firm who started the private label branch of her family's business in 2016 and ran its operations, client service and financial management, per her state voters' guide statement. She holds a business administration degree from Washington State University with majors in accounting and finance and has served as an elected precinct committee officer and co-chair of the Spokane County Young Democrats, per the same statement.

A sitting Spokane City Council member first elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2023 who chairs the Spokane Regional Health District board, per his state voters' guide statement. He previously served as executive director of Better Spokane, director of government affairs for the Spokane Home Builders Association and a Washington State Senate legislative staffer, per the same statement, where he also reports the endorsement of retiring Auditor Vicky Dalton.

The sitting Spokane County Assessor, listed in that role in the county's official staff directory, who joined the office as an appraiser in 1993, per his state voters' guide statement. He says technology upgrades during his eight years leading the office have made it more efficient, and he serves as legislative co-chair of the Washington Association of County Assessors, per the same statement, which credits him with helping pass a property tax measure aimed at seniors, disabled residents and disabled veterans.

A business intelligence analyst at CHAS Health who does capacity analytics, workflow optimization and database reporting, per his state voters' guide statement. He holds a mathematics degree from the University of British Columbia and has prior software engineering experience, per the same statement, and chairs the Northeast Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society while volunteering as an audio engineer for Spokane Public Radio.

The Cheney Municipal Court administrator and a retired US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, per his state voters' guide statement. He is a graduate of the Washington State Court Administrators Academy and holds an economics degree from UC Davis and a master's in military studies from Marine Corps University, per the same statement, and chairs both the Spokane Veterans Stand Down and the Veterans First board.

The sitting prosecuting attorney, sworn in as interim on a unanimous 5 to 0 commission vote in 2025, per the county's own announcement. He had been with the office for a decade and was named head of its criminal division in 2023, and he previously served as a Benton County deputy prosecutor, per that announcement and his state voters' guide statement. He taught trial advocacy as an adjunct at Gonzaga's law school from 2015 to 2022, per the same statement.

A Spokane County deputy prosecutor handling criminal and involuntary treatment proceedings on a docket of more than 500 cases, per her state voters' guide statement. She served six years in the Army National Guard, four of them activated, including a deployment to Iraq as a sergeant and training noncommissioned officer, per the same statement, and holds a law degree from Gonzaga while completing a master's in forensic psychology at Arizona State University.

The sitting Spokane County Sheriff, listed in that role on the sheriff's office command staff directory, with more than 28 years in the agency as patrol deputy, detective, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, regional drug task force commander and undersheriff, per his state voters' guide statement. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, holds a master's in administrative leadership from the University of Oklahoma, and served as president of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs for the 2025 to 2026 term, per the same statement.

Mike Volz is the Chief Deputy Treasurer for Spokane County and a candidate for Spokane County Treasurer, per his campaign site. He is a licensed CPA with an MBA from Gonzaga University and a bachelor's degree from Eastern Washington University, and he is a U.S. Army veteran, per his campaign site. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Whitworth University's business school, per his campaign site.

The sitting District 2 county commissioner, in the seat since 2023 after seven years on the Spokane City Council, per her state voters' guide statement and the county's official commissioner roster. Her earlier career was in nonprofit and community work, including director of The Zone Project at the Northeast Community Center and development director for The Lands Council, per the same statement, and she has chaired both the Spokane Regional Health District board and the Spokane Transit Authority board.

The sitting state representative for the 4th Legislative District, elected in 2022, and ranking member on the House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee, per her state voters' guide statement and her official House member page. She is a former president and chief executive of Associate Builders and Contractors who previously managed a workers' compensation program and administered the Corps of Engineers at Libby Dam, per the same statement, and holds associate degrees from Flathead Valley and Spokane community colleges.

Miller is a licensed independent clinical social worker with more than two decades of experience in mental health, education and human services, per the campaign site. She drafted state legislation on special education notification requirements and is a Spokane native, per the campaign site.

A Spokane Municipal Court commissioner since 2016 who previously worked as an assistant city prosecuting attorney and Veterans Court prosecuting attorney, per his state voters' guide statement. He is an Air Force veteran and former emergency communications operator who also ran a small business, per the same statement, and holds a law degree from Gonzaga.

The Airway Heights court commissioner since 2020 and a pro tem judge in Spokane County District Court since 2019 who has owned her own law firm since 2009, per her state voters' guide statement. She previously prosecuted for the City of Spokane, Spokane County and the City of Ritzville and handled indigent defense in Adams County, per the same statement, and serves as president of the Northwest Tribal Court Judges' Association.

Section chief of the torts division at the Washington Attorney General's Office who has served more than five years as a judge pro tem in Airway Heights Municipal Court and in Spokane County District and Superior courts, per his state voters' guide statement. He clerked for the Washington Court of Appeals and spent more than a decade as a litigator, per the same statement, and holds a law degree from the University of Washington plus physics and mathematics degrees from Washington State University.

A prosecutor for the City of Cheney who has served as a judge and commissioner pro tempore in Spokane County courts, per his state voters' guide statement. He is a former director at the Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys who teaches undergraduate and graduate law courses at Eastern Washington University and served 24 years in the military, per the same statement, and holds a law degree and an MBA from Gonzaga.

Colleen Melody is the sitting justice for Washington Supreme Court Position 1, appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in January 2026, per the Washington Courts website. Before joining the court she spent 11 years as chief of the Civil Rights Division in the Washington Attorney General's Office and worked as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, per the same source. She is a University of Washington School of Law graduate who clerked for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, per her official court biography.

Scott Edwards is an attorney who has practiced constitutional, appellate, and state tax law in Washington for about three decades, per his campaign website. He has worked at Bogle & Gates, Perkins Coie, Ballard Spahr, and, since 2025, Lane Powell, and holds an economics degree from Princeton University and a law degree from the University of Washington, per the same source. This is his first run for elected office, per his campaign website.

David Stevens is a Mason County Superior Court judge, first elected in 2023 and reelected in 2024, per his campaign website. He has worked for more than two decades as a prosecutor and defense attorney in state, federal, tribal, and international courts, including as a Spokane County deputy prosecutor and a U.S. State Department rule-of-law adviser in Afghanistan, per the same source. He holds a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law and served in the U.S. Navy from 1983 to 1989, per his campaign website.

Jaime Michelle Hawk is a King County Superior Court judge, appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2022, per her campaign website. Her earlier legal career included work as a juvenile public defender in Grant County, a federal public defender for Eastern Washington and Idaho, and legal strategy director for the ACLU of Washington, per the same source. She earned her law degree from Gonzaga University in 2004 and has since taught as an adjunct professor there, per her campaign website.

Theo Angelis is the sitting justice for Washington Supreme Court Position 5, appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson in March 2026, per the Washington Courts website. He spent 26 years as a partner at K&L Gates, where he led the firm's appellate practice and later its intellectual property practice, per his official court biography. He holds degrees from Claremont McKenna College, Oxford University, the London School of Economics, and Yale Law School, per the same source.

Dave Larson is a retired judge who served on the Federal Way Municipal Court from 2008 to 2026, including as presiding judge starting in 2009, per his campaign website. He worked as a civil trial lawyer for 23 years before joining the bench and has previously run for the Washington Supreme Court in 2016, 2020, and 2024 without winning a seat, per the same source. He holds a public administration degree from the University of Puget Sound and a law degree from Seattle University School of Law, per his campaign website.

Debra L. Stephens is the sitting Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, a seat she has held since 2008, per the Washington Courts website. She previously served as a Court of Appeals, Division Three judge and as an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University School of Law, and she is the first woman from Eastern Washington to reach the state's highest court, per her official court biography. A Spokane native, she also spent more than a decade as a local school board director, per the same source.

Todd A. Bloom is an attorney, certified public accountant, and financial planner who has spent more than two decades providing legal and tax services to private and public companies, per his campaign website. He served as an active-duty U.S. Navy officer from 2002 to 2013 after earlier service in the Naval Reserve, and he has worked as a FINRA arbitrator, per the same source. He holds a law degree and MBA from Tulane University and a tax law master's degree from the University of Washington, per his campaign website.