Let the Election Shenanigans Begin!

June 9, 2007 by Stuck In Spokane.

Yesterday must have been a very busy day at the county auditor’s office, at the close of business yesterday 16 candidates had filed for the three city council seats that are up for election this year, and a total of five candidates had filed for Mayor. Only two incumbents on the City Council are seeking re-election, Brad Stark and Bob Apple, Rob Crow however is seeking to move on to bigger and better things. He has filed to face Joe Shogan in the council president’s race. In Mr. Crow’s current district however, an old familiar face has popped up on the ballot once more, Mr. Steve Corker has filed for Council District #3.

In Mayoral news, despite what some rumors may have been, Mary Verner has indeed filed to continue her bid to become Mayor of Spokane. It will be interesting to see which of the five candidates for mayor are actually running viable races when the next round of PDC filings are posted. I suspect we shall see Mayor Hession with a considerable fundraising lead over what are considered the other two “top tier” candidates.

I think this year will be an important year for local politics, it will either reaffirm the course that city officials have decided upon, or it will drastically change the cities course. Even though this is on off-year election it is still an important one, the city council and the mayor make many decisions that impact us everyday. If we make a mistake in who we select we could find our standard of living here in Spokane degraded.

Like I said in the previous entry I will be attempting to talk to each candidate, either via email or on the phone so that I can give my readers the best information possible for the upcoming election.

That’s all for now,
-Stuck in Spokane-

The current line-up as it is right now:

Mayor:
Al French
Dennis Hession
Mary Verner
Michael J Noder
Robert A Kroboth

City Council President:
Barbara Lampert
Joe Shogan
Rob Crow

City Council District #1:
Bob Apple
Donna Mckereghan
Gary Pollard
Luke Tolley
Robert E Stokes Jr

City Council District #2:
Brad Stark
George J Mcgrath
Karen Cannon
Larry Splater
Richard Rush

City Council District #3:
Dan Peck
Jeremy A Huston
John Waite
Lewis G Griffin
Rod Price
Steve Corker

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