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6th District, House Pos. 2

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Jenny Graham (R) 27,341 54.93%
Tom McGarry (D) 14,624 29.38%
Christian McLachlan (D) 7,806 15.68%

* 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

Jenny Graham

Party:
Republican
Age:
59
City:
Spokane, Washington

Education: Graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Auburn, Washington, in 1983. Licensed by Nash Beauty School in 1984.

Political experience: Elected to current seat in the state House of Representatives in 2018 and has won re-election every two years since.

Work experience: Former owner of Estes & Graham Home Rentals, LLC. Served in U.S. Army Reserves.

Family: Married to Curtis Graham. Has three adult children.

Campaign finance: Raised more than $99,000 as of Oct. 2, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission. Top donors include Delta Dental, the Washington Indian Gaming Association, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Kaiser Aluminum, Washington State Troopers Political Action Committee, Chevron, Puget Sound Energy and the Washington Association of Realtors.

Tom McGarry

Party:
Democratic
Age:
65
City:
Spokane, Washington

Education: Graduated from Rawlins High School in Wyoming in 1977. Earned bachelor’s degrees in social work and distributive social science from the University of Wyoming in 1982 and law degree from Gonzaga University in 1989.

Political Experience: Elected to two six-year terms as a fire commissioner in Spokane County Fire District 9. Last elected in 2017.

Work Experience: Formed McGarry Law Office in 1998, focused on housing law.

Family: Married

Campaign finance: Raised nearly $127,000 as of Oct. 6, according to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission. Of that, the House Democratic Campaign Committee contributed $75,000. Other top contributors include himself, the Washington State Democrats and Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 44 union in Spokane.

Christian McLachlan

Party:
Democratic
Age:
29
City:
Airway Heights, Washington

Education: Graduated from Bellevue East High School in Nebraska in 2013.

Political Experience: None

Work Experience: E-commerce associate for about three years at Goodwill.

Family: Single

Complete Coverage

State Rep. Jenny Graham battles for 6th LD seat against Democrat Tom McGarry amid national attention

Controversy surrounding state Rep. Jenny Graham has attracted tremendous attention in Spokane County and beyond, but the November election will test how – if at all – that has resonated with voters in her district.

Incumbent Graham, McGarry will square off in District 6

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Two Democratic challengers vie for Graham’s seat in District 6

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The social media giant has added a warning to a May 23 post by the Republican lawmaker representing southwestern Spokane County. The post attributed a false statement to Dr. Anthony Fauci about the timeline for rolling out a vaccine to preemptively treat the novel coronavirus. 

Spokane-area legislative races fill up as candidate filing week starts

Spokane attorney Tom McGarry files for House against Jenny Graham. Businessman Mike Conrad files for Valley House seat.

Rep. Jenny Graham: Releasing criminals early will make our families and communities less safe

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