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The 2019 Spokane mayoral election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Spokane, Washington. The previous mayor, David Condon was unable to run due to term limits. It saw former local news anchor Nadine Woodward defeat former Spokane City Council president Ben Stuckart by a margin of just over one percentage point.
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 Precinct results Woodward: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Stuckart: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Tie: 50% | |||||||||||||
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While both general election candidates officially listed themselves as non-partisan, each represented one side of the right-left political divide in the United States with Woodward on the right-wing[2][3] and Stuckart on the left-wing.[3]
Despite sitting in a long-time Republican-held Congressional district, the City of Spokane itself had become Democrat-leaning in the years leading up to the 2019 mayoral election. Stuckart led a city council with a liberal super-majority — which persisted after the election — and the Democratic challenger to congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers won the city by 17 percentage points in the prior year's election. Woodward's ability as a right-wing candidate to win the left-leaning city was due in large part to her popularity as a nearly three-decade presence on local TV news at both KREM and KXLY as well as her ability to turn the race into a referendum on homelessness and crime.[4]
Washington has a nonpartisan blanket primary system. The top two finishers in the primary face each other in the general election.
The primary election was held on August 6, 2019.[1]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nadine Woodward | 19,366 | 40.11 | |
| Ben Stuckart | 18,353 | 38.02 | |
| Shawn Poole | 6,122 | 12.68 | |
| Jonathan Bingle | 3,157 | 6.54 | |
| Kelly P. Cruz | 1,080 | 2.24 | |
| Under votes | 622 | 1.27 | |
| Write-in | 200 | 0.41 | |
| Over votes | 17 | 0.04 | |
| Total votes | 48,917 | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nadine Woodward | 34,540 | 50.32% | |
| Ben Stuckart | 33,692 | 49.08% | |
| Under votes | 881 | 1.27% | |
| Write-in | 409 | 0.60% | |
| Over votes | 7 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 69,529 | ||
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