Spokane City Council candidates Mike Lish and Zack Zappone highlighted their different backgrounds and experiences during a debate on Friday.

Naghmana Sherazi and Jonathan Bingle pledged to take a sharply different approach to homelessness, which has once again become a central issue to a city election, during a virtual debate hosted by the Rotary Club of Spokane and streamed by The Spokesman-Review’s Northwest Passages book club.

Washington voters face elections every November but most years that follow a presidential election produce the calmest, least controversial campaigns. 2021 is not such a year.

School board races in Spokane County this year are drawing plenty of interest – and money.

Spokane Municipal Court Judge Position 3 debate between Gloria Ochoa-Bruck and incumbent Judge Matthew Antush, moderated by Kip Hill.

Liberty Lake’s lone contested race for City Council features two candidates who are focused on preparing the city for continued growth.

Candidates for a seat on the West Valley School Board took opposite positions earlier this year on tax proposals.

Spokane County sent out the first batch of ballots Wednesday for the election.

The race for Deer Park City Council Position 3 has narrowed to incumbent Richard Schut and challenger Heather Newsom.

An Air Force veteran is seeking a fifth term on the Medical Lake City Council on the November ballot.

Latah’s two mayoral candidates share similar concerns but different perspectives of their small town.

Steve Peterson was Liberty Lake’s first mayor, and he wants to be its next.

A race to serve on the board for Spokane County Water District 3 is a rematch from four years ago.

Millwood Mayor Kevin Freeman says he’s running for a third term to help see through an important traffic and planning project for the town.

A pastor and a dinosaur paleontology instructor are facing off for a chance at a vacant Cheney City Council seat.

Teresa Landa’s path to a seat on the Central Valley School Board was undisputed through most of the sum.

Two-term Millwood City Council incumbent Dan Sander is facing a challenge from political newcomer Becky Dean, who owns a hair salon.

Whitworth Water District Commissioner Leroy (Lee) Legnon looks to another term this election, facing Stevan Veselinovic, who has a background in information technology