Deer Park City Council Position 6
Election Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| David Aufdencamp | 475 | 47.74% |
| Tony Bailey | 300 | 30.15% |
| Robert Whaley | 220 | 22.11% |
* 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
David Aufdencamp
- Age:
- 58
- City:
- Deer Park, Washington
Education: Graduated in 1985 from Rossford High School in Ohio. Earned bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo. Earned master’s of business administration from Franklin University in Ohio in 2009.
Work Experience: Worked for 13 years as a process engineer and a process engineering manager creating tubes for TVs at a manufacturing facility for Philips Electronics in Ottawa, Ohio. Once the factory where he worked moved to Mexico, transitioned into the health care field. As an employee for Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, got involved in improving processes that help providers do their job safer and easier. For the past 10 of 17 years in health care, worked in graduate medical education. Works as director of graduate medical education, where he oversees graduate medical education at Washington State University. Volunteers at the Deer Park Order of Fraternal Eagles, the Deer Park Greenhouse food bank and Santa Express.
Family: Married to Arena Aufdencamp for the past 34 years. Has one son and one daughter.
Campaign Finance: Reported no contributions as of Oct. 2, 2025
Tony Bailey
- Age:
- 49
- City:
- Deer Park, Washington
Tony Bailey
Age: 48
Education: Bailey went to two high schools in Tennessee, Dobyns-Bennett and Volunteer, and graduated in 1995. In 1999, Bailey got his bachelor’s at Carson Newman University in Tennessee, where he double-majored in history and political science. Bailey returned to college in 2007 to pursue his master’s in international relations with a Chinese emphasis at Troy University in Alabama.
Work Experience: Served in the Air Force for six years, finishing his service as a captain. Worked for a consulting company under Accenture before joining the banking world. Worked first at JP Morgan Chase, then at Umpqua Bank where he was both a senior vice president and their chief procurement officer. Works in commercial general construction as a construction project manager for Yost Gallagher Construction. Owns a building in downtown Deer Park on the corner of First and Main that has three commercial businesses on the ground floor and residential tenants on the second floor. Owns a building in Chewelah, Washington, that has 11 residential units. Volunteers for Generation Alive, a nonprofit that seeks to empower youth to become compassionate leaders. Also volunteers for Second Harvest and Habitat for Humanity.
Political Experience: First run for office.
Family: Married to Leah Bailey. Has two daughters.
Campaign Finance: Reported no contributions as of Oct. 2, 2025.
Robert Whaley
- Age:
- 38
- City:
- Deer Park, Washington
Education: Attended Deer Park High School until his senior year. Graduated from East Valley High School in 2005. Earned associate degree from Spokane Community College.
Work experience: Held management and supervisor positions with a couple different companies. Worked as manual machinist for a truck company and Intermountain Machining.
Political experience: First run for office.
Family: Married to Brittany Whaley. They have identical twins.
Campaign finance: Raised $1,375 as of July 21, 2025, including a $600 loan from himself, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission. Top donor is attorney Casey Brandon.
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