Spokane County Fire District 5, Position 1
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Scott | 209 | 56.64% |
| Tom Williams | 160 | 43.36% |
* 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.
About the Race
The Candidates
Brian Scott
- Age:
- 51
- City:
- Nine MIle Falls, Washington
Education: Graduated from North Salem High School in Salem, Oregon. Earned a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University.
Work experience: Served in the United States Marine Corps as an anti-tank assaultman for six years. Worked a collective 23 years with different industrial facilities, currently owns Landt Project Management.
Political experience: First run for office.
Family: Married to Shawna Scott. Has 3 children.
Campaign finance: None.
Tom Williams
- City:
- Nina Mile Falls, Washington
Williams, the assistant Spokane fire chief, recently was named the next Spokane fire chief. He said as a result that he would not accept the District 5 commissioner job if elected.
Complete Coverage
Spokane’s next fire chief is running to be a rural fire commissioner, but with new job, he’ll step aside
Two commissioner candidates will be on the Nov. 4 ballot for Spokane County Fire District 5 on the north plains, but only one has plans to accept the position if elected.
Spokane Fire Chief Julie O’Berg to retire, mayor appoints assistant chief as replacement
Julie O’Berg, a veteran firefighter who came out of retirement to assume a leadership role in the Spokane Fire Department, announced Monday that she will retire as fire chief effective Oct. 7.