Only two new Spokane City Council candidates on last day of filing
The last day of filing for political office attracted two new choices for Spokane City Council, but candidate lineups for mayor and City Council president didn’t change.
Races for the Spokane Valley City Council also were unchanged Friday. No one filed for any of the three Valley seats on this year’s ballot after Tuesday.
One of the new Spokane candidates is Ben Krauss, a former police officer in Tukwila and Kent, who is a crime analyst with the Spokane Police Department. Earlier this year, Krauss was one of eight people named to Mayor David Condon’s advisory on multicultural affairs work group, which is tasked with examining police-citizen contacts.
He will face incumbent Mike Fagan and Randy Ramos, a recruiter with the Spokane Tribal College.
The other council candidate who entered the race on Friday is Evan Verduin, a former project manager with Nystrom Olson Architecture who owns his own design firm and serves on the City Plan Commission. He and his wife developed a modern townhouse at the intersection of North Hamilton Street and East Indiana Avenue near Gonzaga University.
He will face incumbent Karen Stratton; Kelly Cruz, former West Central Neighborhood Council president; and David White, a Spokane County worker who has previously run for state House as a Republican.
The race for the open state House seat vacated this month after the resignation of Susan Fagan also remained static on the last day of filing.
Three will face off to finish the last year in the term: Mary Dye, who was appointed to the seat last week; former Franklin County Sheriff Richard Lathim; and former Othello City Councilman Kenneth Caylor. Dye and Lathim are Republicans. Caylor is a Democrat.
Editor's note: This article was updated on May 18, 2015 to correct an error. Evan Verduin is a former employee at Nystrom Olson.
Below is the full list of people who filed to run for state, municipal, school district, fire district, water district and cemetery district offices within Spokane County. All terms are four years 4-years, except fire commissioners, which are six, unless otherwise stated.
STATE HOUSE
State legislative District 9, Position 1
I-year unexpired term
Mary Dye, Republican
Richard Lathim, Republican
Kenneth E. Caylor, Democrat
SPOKANE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
Judge Position 3
I-year unexpired term
CITY OF SPOKANE
Mayor
COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Council District 1 (Northeast Spokane)
Mike Fagan
Randy M. Ramos
Ben Krauss
Council District 2 (South Spokane)
John Waite
Lori Kinnear
LaVerne Biel
Council District 3 (Northwest Spokane)
Karen Stratton
Kelly P. Cruz
David “Dave” White
Evan J. Verduin
CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
Council position 2
Dean Grafos
Council position 3
Arne Woodard
Tom Towey
Council position 6
Ben Wick
Sam Wood
CITY OF AIRWAY HEIGHTS
Council position 3
Aspen Lynn Monteleone
Council position 5
Larry Bowman
Jack Collins
Council position 7
Dave Malet
CITY OF CHENEY
Council position 2
Doug Nixon
Council position 5
Ryan Gaard
Council position 6
Jill Weiszmann
Council position 7
Dan Hilton
CITY OF DEER PARK
Council position 2
Helen (Dee) Cragun
Council position 4
Don Stevens
Council position 5
Joseph Polowski
CITY OF LIBERTY LAKE
Mayor
Steve Peterson
Council position 1
Robert (Bob) Moore
Council position 3
Dan Dunne
Josh Beckett
Council position 5
Shane Brickner
Council position 7
Cristella Kaminskas
CITY OF MEDICAL LAKE
Council position 1
2-year unexpired term
John R. Paikuli
Council position 5
Howard N. Jorgenson
Council position 6
Laura Louise Parsons
Council position 7
Don Kennedy
Jessica M. Roberts
CITY OF MILLWOOD
Council position 3
Brian W. Ellingson
Council position 4
Andy Van Hees
Council position 5
Shaun Culler
TOWN OF FAIRFIELD
Council position 3
George D Davidson
Council position 4
Valerie Rogers
Council position 5
Emily Thomas
TOWN OF ROCKFORD
Council position 3
Clinton Stevenson
Council position 4
Micki Harnois
Council position 5
Robert Tollefson
William Benson
TOWN OF SPANGLE
Mayor
Ralph Sunwold
Council position 2
2-year unexpired term
Rebecca L Johnson
Council position 4
Clyde J. Sample
Council position 5
Brian Mangis
TOWN OF WAVERLY
Council position 3
Evie Heinevetter
Council position 5
Tabitha Gale
CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Director, District 1
Cynthia “Cindy” McMullen
Director, District 3
Debra L. Long
Director, District 4
Keith Clark
CHENEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Director, District 3
Henry C. Browne, Jr.
Patrick Rushing
Director, District 4
Rick Mount, filed but withdrew on Friday
Stacy Nicol
Director, District 5
James Whiteley
Mitch Swenson
Director, District 1
Gregory Schuler
Director, District 4
Carri Breckner
Gerry Ashby
Eric Keller
Director, District 1
Todd Weger
Director, District 2
Laura Gates
Director, District 1
John Zingg
Director, District 3
Travis Campbell
Director, District 5
Angela (Annie) Keebler
GREAT NORTHERN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Director position 2
Amy Shulund
Leslee A. Schoengold
Director, District 1
Kynda Browning
Director, District 5
Mark Bullock
Director, District 2
William (Denny) Denholm
Director, District 3
Robert (Bob) Olson
John P. Hatcher
Director, District 4
Ron Farley
Director, District 5
2-year unexpired term
Carmen Green
Director, District 2
Rod Vonlehe
Director, District 3
Felicia Jensen
Director, District 4
Ronald G. Cooper
Director position 3
April Owen
Connie Moore
Jim Brester
NINE MILE FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Director position 1
MacArthur (Mac) Mikkelsen
Debra Williams
Bill McBride
REARDAN-EDWALL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Roger Peterson
Ramona L. Hoff
Director, District 4
Roger B Pratt
Director, District 1
Angela Bruce
Director, District 2
Clay Gehring
Ken Jacobs
Director, District 3
Frank G Lazcano Sr.
Director, District 4
Raymond Anderson
Director, District 1
2-year unexpired term
Chris Crider
Shantyl McGuire
Director, District 2
Janet Leifer, filed but withdrew on Tuesday
Valerie Brewer
Director, District 3
Janet Leifer
Lori Loomis
Alan Blumenshein
Janet Morgan
Donald Dover
Jerrall J. Haynes
Rocky Treppiedi
Kate Burke
Paul Schneider
Patricia Kienholz
Director, District 1
Robert Wilkins
Director, District 3
Janine Zimmerman
Director, District 4
Michael M McHargue
Director, District 5
Shane Monroy
Director, District 1
2-year unexpired term
Dan Hansen
Director, District 3
Bob Wentworth
Director, District 4
Adam Mortensen
Commissioner position 3
Michael (Mike) Pearson
Kristopher Pockell
Joe Dawson
SPOKANE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 3
Robert ( Bob ) Harris
SPOKANE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 4
Commissioner position 2
James (Jim) Lahde
SPOKANE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 5
Commissioner position 2
Bethany Cobb, field, but withdrew on Thursday
Bonita (Bonnie) Cobb
Lee A. Walth
2-year unexpired term
Larry Edmonds
David L. (Dave) Clouse
SPOKANE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 8
4-year unexpired term
Jim Joss
Andy Rorie
Lee C. Boling
2-year unexpired term
Chuck Vyverberg
Dan Glover
SPOKANE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 9
Commissioner position 2
Michael Atwood
SPOKANE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 10
Commissioner position 2
Ken Pegg
Susan Leonetti
SPOKANE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 11
Commissioner position 2
Dave Trejbal
SPOKANE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT 13
Commissioner position 2
Robert Neu
SPOKANE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT 3
Commissioner position 2
David Johnson
Commissioner position 2
Buster VanCara
VAL OF THE HORSE WATER DISTRICT 12
Commissioner position 2
Jeffrey D Anderson
Commissioner position 2
Kristina Johnson
Commissioner position 3
David J Mangis
CEMETARY DISTRICT 2 W GREENWOOD
Commissioner position 2
Rodney Clouse
Commissioner position 2
Billie I. Martin
Commissioner position 2
Wendi Babcock
Commissioner position 2
Kottayam V. Natarajan Jr.
District 5 Position 1
Jenna McDonald
Kelley Messinger
2-year term
Sara Hudkins
