More than 2 file for City Council, School Board seats
CHENEY — Filing week produced only two races that will be contested in the Aug. 3 primary election
The battle for Cheney City Council Position No. 3 is the most contested race in southern Spokane County, with five candidates entering the political fray to fill a seat being vacated by John Taves.
Justin Amyot, Tim Gainer, Mark Posthuma, Ryan Delany and Jacquelyn Belock all filed for the seat last week.
Gainer ran for the Postion No.1 seat in 2017, but lost to Paul Schmidt, 42.1% to 57.9%.
Schmidt is unopposed in his incumbency for the Position No. 1 seat this year.
The second most contested race of the primary will be the battle for the District No. 2 seat on the Cheney School Board.
In that race, Zacharay Zorrozua and Chad Smith are challenging incumbent Suzanne G. Dolle.
Dolle ran unopposed for the seat in 2017 and received 3,764 votes.
Only the Top 2 in each race will advance to the Nov. 2 general election.
Most races in the southern part of the county had only one or two candidates file. In those races, they will all advance to the general election.
Here are the candidates that filed for open offices during filing week, May 17-21:
Airway Heights
City Council Position No. 1 — Sonny Weathers
City Council Position No. 2 – Arthur Bubb
City Council Position No. 4 – Dale Malet
City Council Position No. 6 – Davin Perry
Cheney
Mayor – Chris Grover
City Council Position No. 1 – Paul Schmidt
City Council Position No. 3 – Justin Amyot, Tim Gainer, Mark Posthuma, Ryan Delaney and Jacquelyn Belock
City Council Position No. 4 – Teresa Overhauser
Cheney School Board
District No. 1 – Marcie Estrellado and Mark L. Scott
District No. 2 – Zachary Zorrozua, Suzanne G. Dolle and Chad Smith
Fairfield
Mayor – Jamie L. Paden
Town Council Position NO. 1 – Alisha Anderson
Town Council Position No. 2 – Jacob R. Warren
Latah
Mayor – Carole Meissner and Brianne Howe
Town Council PositionNo. 1 – Yvonne Warren
Town Council Position No. 4 – Curt Loucks
Liberty School Board
District No. 1 – Stephanie Stout of Fairfield
District No. 2 – Chad Denny of Fairfield
District No. 3 – R. Chad Cornmesser of Spangle
District NO. 4 – Jeremy Engle of Spokane
Medical Lake
Mayor – Shirley Maike and Terri K. Cooper
City Council Position No. 1 – Donald Kennedy and Howard Griffith
City Council Position No. 2 – Elizabeth Rosenbeck and Dawn Olmstead
City Council Position No. 3 – Arthur “A.J.” Burton and Robert “Bob” Maxwell
City Council Position No. 4 – Tony Harbolt
City Council Position No. 7 – Chad Pritchard
Medical Lake School Board
District No. 1 – Leo Spiker
District No. 5 – Wendy Williams-Gilbert
Reardan-Edwall School Board
Director No. 1 – Simon Butterfield of Reardan
Director No. 3 – Jennifer (Dougherty) Cox of Spokane
Director No. 5 – Ryan Clouse of Davenport
Rosalia School Board
Director District No. 3 – Frank G. Lazcano Sr.of Rosalia and Heather Smith of Malden
Rosalia Park and Recreation District No. 5
Position No. 1 – Kelly Messinger of Thornton
Position No. 3 – Margaret Severson of rosalia
Position No. 4 – Valerie Bryan of Rosalia
Position No. 5 – Robert A. Messinger of Rosalia
Spangle
Town Council Position No. 1 – Ron Cockle
Town Council Position No. 2 – Rebecca Johnson
Town Council Position No. 5 – Austin J. Sievers
Spokane County Fire District No. 3
Commissioner District No. 2 – Bob Harris of Cheney
Spokane County Fire District No. 12
Don Evans of Waverly
St. John School Board
District No. 1 – John Hergert
District No. 2 – Melissa Edminster
District No. 5 (At-large) – Robert Taylor
Tekoa School Board
District No. 2 -- Mary Marsh of Tekoa
District No. 4 – Jacque Hoffman of Farmington
Waverly
Mayor – Paul Curtin
Town Council Position No. 1 – Clifford Curtis
Town Council Position No. 2 – Joel Martensen
Town Council Position No. 4 – Alexander Fuchs
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