Spokane Municipal Court Judge No. 3
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Gloria Ochoa-Bruck | 42,931 | 74.93% |
| Sarah L. Freedman | 14,365 | 25.07% |
* 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
Gloria Ochoa-Bruck
- Age:
- 53
- City:
- Mead, Washington
Education: Earned associate degree from Columbia Basin Community College in 1995, bachelor's in business administration from Washington State University in 1997, law degree from the University of Idaho in 2000, master's in criminal justice and criminology from WSU in 2019 and master's in business administration from WSU in 2021.
Political experience: Elected to the Spokane Municipal Court in 2021. Served on the Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs from 2012 to 2017. Served on the Washington State Joint Legislative Task Force on Policing Standards from 2016 to 2017. Served on the Washington state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction Student Discipline Task Force from 2014-2016. Has served on the Washington State Supreme Court Disability Justice Task Force since 2024. Elected Spokane Municipal Court Judge in 2021.
Work history: Director of Local Government and Multicultural Affairs for the city of Spokane, 2013-2019. Senior Director of Inclusion and Diversity for the Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority, January-June 2021. Kalispel Tribal Court Judge, June-November 2021.
Family: Married to Nicholas Bruck and four children.
Campaign finance: Raised more than $33,400 as of Oct. 3, according to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission, including $7,300 in loans from herself to her campaign. Contributors include: Spokane School Board President Nikki Otero Lockwood, hotelier Gerald Dicker, former Spokane interim Police Chief Justin Lundgren and Spokane Superior Court Judge Tony Hazel.
Sarah L. Freedman
- Age:
- 35
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Earned bachelor’s degree in criminology from Portland State University in 2013 and law degree from Seattle University in 2016.
Political experience: First run for office.
Work history: Deputy prosecuting attorney for the Klickitat County, 2016-2017. Deputy prosecuting attorney for the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, 2017-2018. Owner and sole proprietor of the Freedman Law Office since 2018.
Family: Single, no children.
Campaign finance: Raised more than $12,600 as of Oct. 3, according to the PDC, including almost $6,400 in loans mostly from herself. Contributors include attorney Julie Twyford, attorney Lindsey Gray, Spokane County Public Defender Matthew Antush and former Democratic legislative candidate Michaela Kelso.
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