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Deer Park City Council Position 5

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Diane Pfaeffle 656 52.99%
Scott Campbell 582 47.01%

* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.

The Candidates

Diane Pfaeffle

Age:
74
City:
Deer Park, Washington

Education: Graduated from Del Valle High School in Walnut Creek, California. Took classes at both a community college and Arizona State University but did not graduate.

Work experience: Retired after working in the private sector for 40 years in various management and administrative positions. Most recent job was as a receptionist at Bank of America call center.

Political experience: First run for office

Family: Married to Richard Pfaeffle, no children.

Campaign finance: Not taking campaign donations.

Scott Campbell

Age:
72
City:
Deer Park, Washington

Education: Graduated in 1969 from Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Graduated in 1975 from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas with a bachelor’s in history and a minor in geology.

Work experience: Retired after a career mostly in customer service and sales. Spent time at the Department of Food in the state of California, Lowe’s, Sears, and several small supermarkets.

Political experience: Has served on Deer Park’s police committee and city hall committee, both for about a year.

Family: Married to Patricia Campbell, no children.

Campaign finance: Not taking campaign donations.

Complete Coverage

Police, city hall among issues debated by Deer Park city council candidates

Deer Park voters have a choice between a longtime resident and a more recent arrival in a race for a City Council seat in November.