Spokane School Board, Position 4
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Riley Smith | 27,704 | 53.73% |
| Kata Dean | 23,859 | 46.27% |
* 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
Riley Smith
- Age:
- 26
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Graduated from North Central High School. Earned bachelor of arts from the University of Washington.
Political experience: Democratic precinct committee officer.
Work experience: Operations coordinator at a local nonprofit that supports hunger relief efforts. Legislative assistant at Spokane City Council. Managed Zack Zappone's campaign for state representative, as well as Betsy Wilkerson's current campaign for City Council.
Family: Married to Amadi Alegria.
Kata Dean
- Age:
- 44
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Associate degree in biology from Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho).
Political experience: First run for office.
Work experience: On-site advocate working with drug and alcohol addicted teens (ages 16-18), and sex offenders and sexual abuse victims (ages 8-12): Utah Valley Mental Health; Life Coach at Begin Again.
Family: Married to Collin Dean. Has five children, attending Moran Prairie Elementary, Chase Middle School and Ferris High School.
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