Chris Fillios
A candidate for Council Seat No. 2, City of Coeur d'Alene in the 2013 Idaho General Election, Nov. 5
Party: Republican
Age: 76
City: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Occupation: Realtor and residential appraiser
Chris has served on the Eastside Highway District board since 2007. He ran unsuccessfully for Coeur d'Alene City Council in 2013.
He and his wife Linda have been married 44 years and moved to Kootenai County in 2000. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Chris has a bachelor's degree in science from The City College of New York and a Master of Arts degree from New York University. He was in the New York Army National Guard from 1970-1975, in the artillery.
He worked in telecommunications and high tech for AT&T, Rockwell-Collins and Digital Equipment Corp., and a venture start-up before moving into real estate. In 1990, he published "Cutting Through The Mortgage Jungle." He also was a sales manager for ACRAnet (Credit Bureau Services) in Spokane. Now he is a Realtor with Tomlinson Sotheby’s International Realty.
Chris has volunteer with the Kootenai Humane Society, the area's juvenile probation program, Elder Help and the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce.
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Race Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Evans | 4,799 | 58.08% |
| Chris Fillios (R) | 3,464 | 41.92% |
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Huckleberries: The Great Opponent of Progress
Things are getting curiouser and curiouser in the uber-conservative attempt to overthrow Coeur d’Alene’s City Hall. In a debate earlier in the campaign, GOPartisan Chris Fillios claimed his opponent, Amy Evans, was a self-described “progressive liberal.” (This, after she’d called him a nice guy.) Now, a transcript has surfaced on a North Idaho tea party blog containing the word-for-word comments by Evans at the monthly Progressive Dinner at Seasons restaurant in September.