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County Commission, District 1

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Todd Tondee (R) 4,548 37.26%
Marc Eberlein (R) 4,262 34.92%
Tim Herzog (R) 1,773 14.53%
Bruce Noble (R) 1,389 11.38%
Gerald Arno (R) 233 1.91%

* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.

The Candidates

Todd Tondee

Party:
Republican

Marc Eberlein

Party:
Republican
Age:
65
City:
Post Falls, Idaho
Occupation:
Business owner

Eberlein attended community college in Omak, Washington. He has been a business owner for 28 years and founded Eberlein Fine Cabinetry in 1996. He also is an investor in Bakken oil interests in Montana and North Dakota, and is a former custom gun maker. Eberlein ran unsuccessfully for county commissioner in 2012. He is married with four children and nine grandchildren.

Tim Herzog

Party:
Republican

Bruce Noble

Party:
Republican
Age:
71
City:
Post Falls, Idaho
Occupation:
Civil engineer and land surveyor

Noble studied liberal arts at Whitman College in Walla Walla; bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, University of Idaho. He is Owner of HydroGen Energy, a renewable energy company specializing in small and micro hydroelectric projects; contract field engineer for an aluminum smelter project in British Columbia; civil engineer and land surveyor since 1992; former city engineer for the city of Post Falls. Noble is married and has two children.

Gerald Arno

Party:
Republican