Spokane City Council District 1 (Northeast)
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Dixit | 6,306 | 50.65% |
| Jonathan Bingle | 6,143 | 49.35% |
* 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.
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About the Race
The Candidates
Sarah Dixit
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Graduated from Maranatha High School in California in 2014. Graduated Whitworth University in 2018, studying sociology
Work experience: Works as organizing director for Pro-Choice Washington, worked as public affairs manager of Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho from 2018 to 2023.
Political experience: First run for office.
Family: Married to Adam Swensen. Has no children.
Campaign finance: Raised more than $74,200 as of Oct. 7, according to the PDC. Contributors include the Washington Machinists Council, Spokane City Council President Betsy Wilkerson, Naral Pro-Choice Washington, Washington State Democratic Central Committee and Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown.
Jonathan Bingle
- Age:
- 38
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Graduated from Rogers High School in 2005.
Political experience: Ran for Spokane mayor in 2019; lost in the primary. Won his city council seat in 2021.
Work experience: Bingle, who owns Bingle Enterprises, got into the events businesses while an employee at Applebee’s. Finding success, he branched out and started his own company a decade ago. With his wife, Bingle operates Bent Trivia and Bent Events in Spokane. He pivoted during the COVID-19 to work as a contractor.
Family: Married to Christina Bingle and has one son.
Campaign finance: Raised more than $86,200 as of Oct. 7, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission. Contributors include the Washington Association Realtors, the Rental Association of Washington, Avista Corp. and the Spokane Fire Fighters Union Political Action Committee.
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