Spokane County Auditor
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Vicky M. Dalton (D) | 56,836 | 61.39% |
| Alene Lindstrand (G) | 35,740 | 38.61% |
* 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
Vicky M. Dalton
- Party:
- Democrat
- Age:
- 62
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Earned a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1982 and computer information systems in 1984 at Idaho State University.
Work experience: Staff auditor for Jones Yost Hatt Erickson & Co in Pocatello, Idaho, from 1983 to 1984. Senior auditor for Sorensen, Vance & Co. in Salt Lake City from 1984 to 1988. Spokane County internal auditor, 1989 to 1998. County auditor, 1999 to present.
Political experience: Elected Spokane County auditor in 1998 and every four years since. President of the Washington State Association of County Auditors from 2011 to 2012. Active in the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants and Government Finance Officers Association. Member of the VoteWA steering and governance committees. Has previously been a Democratic party precinct committee officer.
Family: Married to Kurt Parker. No children.
Campaign fundraising: Has raised $38,000 as of Sept. 28, 2022. Notable donors include Lisa Brown's Congressional campaign fund, the Avista Corp., a political action committee of the Associated General Contractors of America, longtime U.S. diplomat to the Middle East Ryan Crocker, former Spokane County Prosecutor Jim Sweetser, 3rd Legislative District Sen. Andy Billig and former Spokane County CEO Gerry Gemmill.
Alene Lindstrand
- Party:
- G.O.P. Party
- Age:
- 72
- City:
- Spokane Valley, WA
- Occupation:
- Real estate agent
ALENE LINDSTRAND
Education: Earned bachelor’s degree in marketing from University of Idaho in 1973.
Work experience: Co-founded A&J Brokerage, a pallet manufacturer, 1984-1991. Spent years working as a volunteer. Became a real estate agent in 2008.
Political experience: Government affairs committee of Spokane Association of Realtors; precinct committee officer; election observer, 2009 to present; campaign volunteer; Spokane Planning Commission, 2011 to present.
Family: Married
Complete Coverage
Q & A with Spokane County auditor candidates
The two candidates for Spokane County auditor respond to several questions.
Settlement could cost county $375,000
Spokane County commissioners are being asked to approve a $375,000 settlement with a former licensing subagent whose contract was revoked by Auditor Vicky Dalton in 2012. Alvin and Michelle Paulsen, the owners of the subagency, sued the county in federal court for violating their civil rights by depriving them of their property interest in the subagency contract. They had operated for 33 years in Hillyard, and contend in the suit that their subagency contract was regularly renewed.
Spin Control: News is something to click about
OLYMPIA – With the Legislature gone and the campaign season not officially starting until Monday, there was time last week to catch up on things like news of the world, email and important calendar dates. The capital bureau office television has been stuck on TVW for months, but the cable subscription includes the 24-hour news channels. Wonder what’s on?
John Ahern questions bill for City Council ballot recount
A failed candidate for Spokane City Council who paid for a partial ballot recount last year is questioning the bill he received for that service. Former state Rep. John Ahern lost all but two of the 50 precincts in his race against incumbent City Councilman Jon Snyder. He requested that four precincts be recounted, not enough to change the outcome of the race.
Patricia Neumann wins Latah Town Council election on tiebreaker
Sitting on a courthouse bench with a friend Friday afternoon before her political fate was decided by two balls the size of marbles, Latah Town Councilwoman Patricia Neumann said she wasn’t nervous. Neumann’s bid to retain her seat on the Town Council in last month’s election ended in a 41-41 tie, with one Latah voter opting not to make a choice in the contest. The count didn’t budge after a recount. Under state law, the county auditor must pick a game of chance to pick a winner.
Low voter turnout expected for today’s election
Records are being set for spending on a statewide initiative in Washington, but officials don’t expect a record number of ballots to be cast in the election that closes tonight. State election officials are projecting about half of all voters will return ballots by 8 p.m. today. In Spokane County, where about a fourth of all ballots had been returned as of Monday afternoon, Auditor Vicky Dalton is hoping to get above 40 percent.