# 2019 Spokane mayoral election

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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.

## Background

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 and Stuckart on the left-wing.
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.

## Primary election

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.

### Declared candidates

* Jonathan Bingle, former pastor
* Kelly P. Cruz, chairman of Spokane C.O.P.S.
* Shawn Poole, firefighter and veteran
* Ben Stuckart, former city council president
* Nadine Woodward, former news anchor

### Declined

* Lisa Brown, former Majority Leader of the Washington Senate (2005–2013), and Democratic candidate for Washington's 5th congressional district in 2018
Primary results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Nadine Woodward | Nadine Woodward | 19,366 | 40.11 |
| Ben Stuckart | Ben Stuckart | 18,353 | 38.02 |
| Shawn Poole | Shawn Poole | 6,122 | 12.68 |
| Jonathan Bingle | Jonathan Bingle | 3,157 | 6.54 |
| Kelly P. Cruz | Kelly P. Cruz | 1,080 | 2.24 |
| Under votes | Under votes | 622 | 1.27 |
| Write-in | Write-in | 200 | 0.41 |
| Over votes | Over votes | 17 | 0.04 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 48,917 | |

## General election
### Prominent endorsements

Officeholders
* David Condon, Mayor of Spokane
* Michael Baumgartner, Former state senator (2011-2019) for the 6th district and candidate for County Treasurer
* Ozzie Knezovich, sheriff of Spokane County
Individuals
* Phil Altmeyer, head of Spokane's Union Gospel Mission
* Kate McCaslin, former CEO of the Inland Pacific Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors Inc.
* Chud Wendle, businessman and member of longtime prominent Spokane family
* Walt Worthy, Spokane developer and property owner of among others the Davenport Hotel
Media
* The Spokesman-Review
Organizations
* Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors
* Kalispel Tribe of Indians
* Spokane Association of Realtors
* Spokane Home Builders Association
* Spokane Police Union
Officeholders
* Andy Billig, Washington State Senate majority leader; 3rd district
* Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington
* Timm Ormsby, state representative for the 3rd district
* Marcus Riccelli, state representative for the 3rd district
* Spokane City Council members Breean Beggs, Lori Kinnear, Candace Mumm and Karen Stratton
Individuals
* Sheri Barnard, former Mayor of Spokane (1990-1994)
* Jack Geraghty, former Mayor of Spokane (1994-1998)
* Joe Shogan, former Spokane City Council president
Organizations
* Spokane County Democrats
* Spokane Firefighters Union
* Spokane Teachers Union
* Spokane Tribe of Indians
* Washington Housing Alliance Action Fund

### Results

General election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Nadine Woodward | Nadine Woodward | 34,540 | 50.32% |
| Ben Stuckart | Ben Stuckart | 33,692 | 49.08% |
| Under votes | Under votes | 881 | 1.27% |
| Write-in | Write-in | 409 | 0.60% |
| Over votes | Over votes | 7 | 0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 69,529 | |