Central Valley School Board, District 2
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Skidmore | 13,696 | 57.22% |
| Brandon Arthur | 10,240 | 42.78% |
* 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.
Results by Precinct
About the Race
The Candidates
Allen Skidmore
- City:
- Spokane, Washington
Education: Graduated from East Valley High School in 1986. Graduated from Brigham Young University in 1995 with a bachelor’s in secondary education with a mathematics emphasis. Graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1999 with an medical degree. Completed residency at David Grant Medical Center Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, from 1999-2002 and received family medicine board certification.
Work Experience: Has worked at Providence Family Medicine as a family physician since 2012. Physician at Spokane Valley Family Medicine from 2006-2012. Family physician at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumpter, South Carolina from 2002-2006.
Political Experience: First run for office. Precinct Committee Officer for the Spokane County Republican Party from 2012-2014.
Family: Married to Shannan Skidmore and has four kids who graduated from Central Valley schools.
Campaign Finance: Promised not to raise more than $7,000 for campaign and does not have to report donors.
Brandon Arthur
- Age:
- 39
- City:
- Spokane Valley, Washington
Education: Graduated from North Central High School in 2005. Graduated from Washington State University in 2007 with a bachelor’s in biochemistry and then a doctorate in pharmacy in 2011.
Work Experience: Works as a systems level employee in information technology and analytics in the pharmacy department of a local hospital system since 2018. Worked as a pharmacist in a critical care unit in Tacoma from 2012-18. Completed his residency at a pharmacy in Indiana in 2011. Opened real estate businesses Streeter LLC and the Property Pelican in 2016.
Political Experience: First run for office.
Family: Married, but declined to name wife. Has one child in Central Valley Schools.
Campaign Finance: Has reported fundraising $6,685 as of Oct. 4, including $2,000 in loans. Donors include $100 from Spokane Valley City Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger.
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