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Who is on the ballot in 99027?

Spokane County, WA

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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U.S. House, Washington District 5
2 candidates
Federal ▾
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Carmela Conroy
DEM
Biography
Carmela Conroy is a former U.S. Foreign Service officer whose postings included Afghanistan, Japan, and Pakistan, and a former Spokane County deputy prosecutor, per her campaign site; she was the district's 2024 Democratic nominee, per RANGE Media and the Spokesman-Review.
Top Priorities
  • An economy that works for Eastern Washington
  • Protecting Medicare, Medicaid, and rural hospitals
  • Public safety and steady foreign policy
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael Baumgartner
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Michael Baumgartner is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a former Spokane County treasurer, and a former State Department officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, per RANGE Media and the Spokesman-Review; he sits on the Education and Workforce, Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs committees, per RANGE Media.
Top Priorities
  • Border security and lower taxes
  • Protecting the Lower Snake River dams
  • Federal infrastructure funding for Eastern Washington
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
August 4 top-two primary result: Michael Baumgartner (Republican, 47.44 percent) and Carmela Conroy (Democratic, 18.86 percent) advance to the November 3 ballot, per the Washington Secretary of State's certified results.
Supreme Court Justice Position 4
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Ian Birk
Biography
Ian Birk is a judge with prior experience as a lawyer and appellate practitioner and is a candidate for Washington State Supreme Court, Position 4, per his campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Sean O'Donnell
Biography
Sean P. O'Donnell is a King County Superior Court Judge who has served 13 years on the bench, including as Chief Family Court Judge and Chief Criminal Judge, per his campaign site. He previously spent 12 years as a King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor, including service on the Green River Task Force, and is president of the Washington State Superior Court Judges' Association, per his campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Supreme Court Justice Position 1
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Colleen Melody
INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Keeping the court free from the influence of special interests and political bias
  • Running a grassroots campaign funded by individual donors rather than special interests
Per the campaign site (melodyforjustice.com).
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Scott Edwards
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.
Top Priorities
  • Deciding cases based on the law and the record rather than politics or outside pressure
  • Applying clear, principled legal reasoning to strengthen public confidence in the courts
  • Bringing decades of complex litigation experience to the court
Per the campaign site (votescottedwards.com).
Campaign siteFull profile
Supreme Court Justice Position 3
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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David Stevens
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Applying the law consistently and treating court processes, including jury selection, equally for all parties
  • Keeping the Supreme Court to its constitutional role of interpreting law rather than making policy
  • Requiring that constitutional changes go through formal amendment rather than judicial reinterpretation
Per the campaign site (judgestevensforwa.com).
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Jaime Michelle Hawk
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting rights and freedoms and applying the rule of law fairly, per her campaign site (judgehawk.com)
  • Serving on a Washington Supreme Court commission working to reduce bias in the courts and improve access for working families, per her campaign site (judgehawk.
  • Bringing more than 20 years of experience as a public defender, civil rights attorney, and trial judge to the court, per her campaign site (judgehawk.com)
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Supreme Court Justice Position 5
2 candidates
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Theo Angelis
INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Faithfully interpreting and applying Washington's constitution and laws
  • Maintaining judicial independence and impartiality to strengthen public trust in the courts
  • Expanding equal access to the legal system, drawing on his pro bono work for asylum seekers and children
Per the campaign site (justiceangelis.com).
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Dave Larson
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Holding to the guiding principle that 'it is more important to do right than it is to be right'
  • Valuing the freedoms of others as much as one's own
  • Supporting public legal education and youth civic engagement programs
Per the campaign site (larsonforjustice.com).
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Supreme Court Justice Position 7
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Debra L. Stephens
INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Serving as 'a fierce advocate for an independent judiciary'
  • Keeping courts open and accessible to everyone
  • Basing judicial decisions on law rather than politics
Per the campaign site (justicestephens.com).
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Todd A. Bloom
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Applying the law as written rather than as judges might prefer it to read
  • Upholding the state and federal constitutions
  • Ensuring every person who appears in court receives a fair and impartial hearing
Per the campaign site (electtoddbloom.com).
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Countywide races in Spokane County

ZIP 99027 sits in Spokane County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Spokane County races (29).

Spokane County Auditor
2 candidates
County ▾
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Callie Gee
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting vote by mail and providing independent oversight of elections, per her state voters' guide statement
  • Keeping public records accurate and accessible while protecting sensitive resident data, per her campaign site
  • Financial reporting residents can actually read, per her campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael Cathcart
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Secure, accurate election administration with expanded post-election audits
  • Acting as an independent watchdog on county finances and fraud prevention
  • Accurate, on-time paychecks for county employees after recent payroll system problems
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
August 4 top-two primary: Callie Gee 46.2 percent, Michael Cathcart 27.8 percent; also ran: Dale Whitaker (26.0 percent), per the county's official results. Open seat and the only Spokane County office with more than two filers: sitting Auditor Vicky Dalton is not on the certified filing list, per the county staff directory. Washington's August 4, 2026 top-two primary sent the two leading candidates to the November 3 ballot regardless of party; the field shown is the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election list.
Spokane County Assessor
1 candidate
County ▾
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Tom Konis
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Continuing technology upgrades that make the office more efficient, per his state voters' guide statement
  • Property tax relief that helps seniors, disabled residents and disabled veterans stay in their homes, per the same statement
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Only one candidate filed, so this office prints on the November 3 ballot and is effectively decided.
Spokane County Clerk
2 candidates
County ▾
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Elliot Robison
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Expanding court guides, notifications and translated forms so filings are easier to navigate, per his state voters' guide statement
  • Applying capacity analysis and workflow optimization to office operations, per the same statement
  • Public operational reporting on how the office performs, per his campaign site
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Dave Lucas
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Clear, respectful communication with people who use the courts, per his state voters' guide statement
  • Improving the speed and accuracy of court record handling, per the same statement
  • Continuing modernization while protecting sensitive information, per the same statement
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About this race
August 4 top-two primary: Dave Lucas 51.9 percent, Elliot Robison 48.1 percent, per the county's official results. Open seat: sitting Clerk of the Superior Court Timothy W. Fitzgerald is not on the certified filing list, per the county staff directory. Washington's August 4, 2026 top-two primary sent the two leading candidates to the November 3 ballot regardless of party; the field shown is the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election list.
Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney
2 candidates
County ▾
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Preston McCollam
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Prioritizing violent crime, drug trafficking and crimes against children
  • Centering crime victims in prosecutorial decisions
  • Close working relationships with law enforcement agencies
Per the campaign site.
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Danny Tarkenton
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Using a forensic psychology background to reduce repeat offending, per her state voters' guide statement
  • Running the office independent of political parties, per her campaign site
  • Confronting the county jail's cost and record overdose deaths, per her state voters' guide statement
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About this race
August 4 top-two primary: Preston McCollam 50.9 percent, Danny Tarkenton 49.1 percent, per the county's official results. Both a short unexpired term and a full four-year term are on this ballot because Larry Haskell resigned in July 2025, per the county's own announcement. Washington's August 4, 2026 top-two primary sent the two leading candidates to the November 3 ballot regardless of party; the field shown is the Secretary of State's VoteWA general-election list.
Spokane County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
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John F. Nowels
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Sustaining recruitment after closing a vacancy gap of more than 40 positions, per his campaign site
  • Operating the Real Time Crime Center, per his campaign site
  • Community oriented policing that reduces crime and addresses homelessness, per his state voters' guide statement
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Only one candidate filed, so this office prints on the November 3 ballot and is effectively decided.
Spokane County Treasurer
1 candidate
County ▾
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Mike Volz
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting taxpayer dollars with transparent, accountable financial management, per his state voters' guide statement
  • Keeping county government living within its means, per the same statement
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Only one candidate filed, so this office prints on the November 3 ballot and is effectively decided.

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