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State Representative, Pos. A (GOP)

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Vito Barbieri (R) 3,147 57.01%
Mark Fisher (R) 2,373 42.99%

* 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

Vito Barbieri

Party:
Republican
Age:
72
City:
Dalton Gardens
Occupation:
lawyer; small business owner

Education: Graduated from Westchester High School, Los Angeles, Calif., in 1969. Holds an associates degree from El Camino Junior College, and bachelor’s and law degrees from Western State University in Fullerton, Calif.

Political background: Incumbent, elected to the Idaho House in 2010, 2012 and 2014; seeking re-election to a fourth term.

Work experience: Practiced law in California for 20 years. Since moving to Idaho in 2004, has operated several small businessess, including a catering business and the “Vap-It” electronic cigarette store in Post Falls.

Family: Married. Has three grown children.

Mark Fisher

Party:
Republican