Filing week brings contested council races

The opening of filing week for candidates brought a pair of contested races for offices in the city of Spokane, and another in Spokane Valley.

Incumbent Ben Stuckart will face former state Rep. John Ahern in his bid for re-election as Spokane council president. Ahern initially filed paperwork with the state Public Disclosure Commission to run for an open council seat, but announced last week he’d run for the president’s position instead.

John Waite and Lori Kinnear both filed for that open seat, which represents south Spokane. The seat is held by Mike Allen, who has announced he won’t seek re-election.

In Spokane Valley, former Mayor Tom Towey filed to run against Arne Woodard, who serves as the city’s deputy mayor. The city has a city manager form of government, so the mayor and deputy mayor positions are chosen by council members. Towey served two terms on the council. Woodard is finishing his first term after being appointed to the council in early 2011.

Mary Dye of Pomeroy filed for the state House of Representatives seat in southeastern Washington’s 9th District. Dye was appointed to that seat last week to fill the post vacated by Susan Fagan, who resigned in the middle of a Legislative Ethics Board investigation.

Here’s the list of legislative, judicial and municipal candidates who filed Monday in Spokane County:

SPOKANE SUPERIOR COURT

JUDGE POS. 3: Raymond Clary  

CITY OF CHENEY  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 2: Doug Nixon  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 5: Ryan Gaard  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 6: Jill Weiszmann  

CITY OF DEER PARK

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 2: Helen (Dee) Cragun

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 4: Don Stevens  

CITY OF LIBERTY LAKE    

MAYOR: Steve Peterson  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 1: Robert (Bob) Moore  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 3: Dan Dunne  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 5: Shane Brickner  

CITY OF MEDICAL LAKE    

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 6: Laura Louise Parsons  

CITY OF MILLWOOD  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 5: Shaun Culler  

TOWN OF ROCKFORD  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 4: Micki Harnois  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 5: Robert Tollefson, William Benson  

TOWN OF SPANGLE    

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 2: Rebecca L Johnson  

CITY OF SPOKANE

MAYOR: David Condon  

COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Ben Stuckart, John E. Ahern  

COUNCIL DISTRICT 2: John Waite, Lori Kinnear   

CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 3: Arne Woodard, Tom Towey  

COUNCIL POSITION NO. 6: Ben Wick