CHENEY — Dozens of candidates filed for offices up for grabs this year.
Those officially registering their candidacies during filing week, May 6-10, are:
Spokane County
Commissioner District No. 1 — Chris Jordan, D-Spokane
Commissioner District No. 3 — Josh Kerns, R-Mead
Commissioner District No. 5 — Molly Marshall, D-Spokane; Al French, R-Spokane
Superior Court Judicial Position No. 2 — David R. Shelvey of Sumner; and Dave Larson of Federal Way
Judge Position 1 — John O. Cooney of Colbert and Annette Plese of Spokane
Judge Position 2 — Charnelle Bjelkengren of Spokane Valley
Judge Position 3 — Ray Clary of Spokane
Judge Position 4 — Julie McKay of Spokane
Judge Position 5 — Breean Beggs of Spokane
Judge Position 6 — Tony Hazel of Spokane
Judge Position 7 — Jacquelyn High-Edward of Spokane
Judge Position 8 — Marla L. Polin of Spokane and Brandon Casey of Spokane
Judge Position 9 — Jeremy T. Schmidt of Mead
Judge Position 10 — Michelle Szambelan of Spokane
Judge Position 11 — F. Dayle Andersen of Spokane; Andrew B. Van Winkle of Spokane; Timothy B. Fennessy of Spokane and Jerry Scharosch of Spokane
Judge Position 12 — Rachelle Anderson of Spokane
Judge Position 13 — Dean T. Chuang of Spokane
Several candidates also filed for Legislative positions for districts that include parts of Adams County. Those candidates include:
Legislative District No. 3
Senate — Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane
Representative No. 1 — Natasha Hill, D-Spokane; Tony Kiepe, R-Spokane; and Ben Stuckart D- Spokane
Representative No. 2 — Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane
Legislative District No. 4
Senate — Paige Scott, D-Spokane Valley; Pam Haley, R-Spokane; Al Merkel, R-Spokane Valley; Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley; Mike Kelly, R-Spokane Valley; and Miguel Valencia, D-Spokane
Representative No. 1 — Kitten Wildes Beeler, G-Spokane; Suzanne Schmidt, R-Spokane Valley; and Kristopher Pockell, No Party Preference-Spokane Valley
Representative No. 2 — Ed Wood, D-Spokane; Brandi Peetz, R-Spokane Valley; Stephen T. Major, R-Spokane Valley; Michael A. Schmidt, R-Mead; Ted Cummings, D-Colbert; and Rob Chase, R-Liberty Lake
Legislative District 6
Representative No.1— Mike Volz, R-Spokane; Steven McCray II, D-Four Lakes;
Representative No.2—Jenny Graham, R-Spokane; Michael Kelso, D-Spokane
Legislative District 7
Representative No.1—Teagan Levine, R-Tonasket; Andrew Engell, R-Colville; and Soo Ing-Moody, R-Twisp
Representative No.2—Ronald L. McCoy, R-Chewelah; Hunter Abell, R-Colville; Pat Bell, R-Nine Mile Falls; and Paul Dead, D-Springdale.
Legislative District 9
Senate — Mark G. Schoesler, R-Ritzville.
Representative No. 1 — Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy; and Patrick Miller, D- Cheney
Representative No. 2 — Joe Schmick, R- Colfax; Arianna Arends, D-Spokane; and Pam Kohlmeier D-Spokane
Filing day also attracted candidates seeking to replace Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, who is retiring.
McMorris Rodgers is vacating the 5th Congressional District seat representing Eastern Washington, including Whitman, Spokane and eastern Adams and Franklin Counties, among others.
Five Democrats filed, including Carmela Conroy of Spokane, Bernadine Bank of Colbert, Matthew Welde of Liberty Lake, Bobbi Bennett-Wolcott of Pullman and Ann Marie Danimus of Spokane.
Six Republicans also filed, including Brian Dansel of Republic, Rick Valentine Flynn of Cheney, Jacquelin Maycumber of Republic, Jonathan D. Bingle of Spokane, Michael Baumgartner of Spokane and Rene Holaday of Addy.
Race for governor
The gubernatorial race also drew several candidates seeking to replace Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, who is not seeking reelection.
Republican candidates include Leoan A. Lawson of Aberdeen, A.L. Brown of Lacey, Jennifer Hoover of Spokane, Martin Lee Wheeler of Fall City, Jim Daniel of Goldendale and Bill Hirt of Bellevue.
Democrats vying for the office include Cassondra Magdalene Hanson of Spokane, Mark Mullet of Issaquah, Ricky Anthony of Tacoma, Chaytan Inman of Vancouver, Fred Grant of Shoreline, Don L. Rivers of Seattle, El’ona Kearney of Seattle, Edward Cale IV of Seattle and Robert “Bob” Ferguson of Seattle.
Nonpartisan gubernatorial candidates are Brian Bogen of Cle Elum, Semi Bird of Richland, Brad Mjelde of Covington, Jim Clark of Lake Stevens, Alan Makayev of Tacoma, Leon A. Lawson of Aberdeen, Michael DePaula of Seattle, Andre Stackhouse of Seattle, Alex Tsimerman of Bellevue, Rosetta Marshall-Williams of Maple Valley, Jeff Curry of Olympia, Frank Dare of Olympia and William Combs of Dayton.
In other filings:
Attorney General — Nick Brown, D-Seattle; Pete Serrano, R- Pasco; Nick Brown, D- Seattle; and Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond.
Auditor — Matt Hawkins, R-Spokane Valley; and Pat (Patrice) McCarthy, D-Seattle.
Commissioner of Public Lands — Sue Kuehl Pederson, R-Lakewood; Allen Lebovitz, D- Olympia; Dave Upthegrove, D-Seattle; Patrick DePoe, D-Seattle; Jaralee Anderson, D-Redmond; Kevin Van De Wege, D-Lake Sutherland; and Jaime Herrera Beutler of Battle Ground. Beutler, who prefers the Republican party, was repudiated by the party for voting to impeach President Trump.
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